DEALING: OR THE BERKELEY-TO-BOSTON FORTY-BRICK LOST-BAG BLUES
Dir. Paul Williams, 1972.
United States. 88 min.
In English.

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DEALING: OR THE BERKELEY-TO-BOSTON FORTY-BRICK LOST-BAG BLUES, a mouthful of a hyphen-laden title, tells the story of Peter (Robert F. Lyons), a privileged Harvard Law student who parlays his ennui into cross country drug smuggling at the behest of his posh classmate John (John Lithgow in his first film role).

Set against the backdrop of the ongoing Vietnam War, Peter makes his way from Cambridge to California under the alias Lucifer where he picks up a shipment of marijuana and becomes smitten with Susan (Barbara Hersey), who he meets during the basement deal. Safely back in Boston with a suitcase full of bricks, Peter implores John for another mule gig in order to bring Susan to the East Coast. But things don’t quite go to plan and Peter must further immerse himself in a world of corrupt cops, missing evidence, heroin, and the Cuban cartel, to get Susan out of trouble.