''Running Delilah'' is a 1993 American

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directed by Richard Franklin, starring

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and Billy Zane, and aired on

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. It was intended as the pilot episode for a TV series.

Plot

Top agent Delilah dies in a risky mission against weapons dealer Kercharian. She is revived using high-tech medicine and given artificial body parts. She returns as an invincible superwoman and continues her fight against Kercherian, who is currently seeking plutonium from Russia.

Cast

as Christina / Delilah * Billy Zane as Paul * François Guétary as Lucas *

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as Alec Kasharian *

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as Judith * Michael Francis Clarke as Operative #1 * Dawn Comer as Language Lab Technician * Rob LaBelle as Watcher *

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as Barbara * Philip Moon as Technician #2 * Quentin O'Brien as Operative #2 * Philip Sokoloff as Iraqi Scientist * Eric Stone as Liaison * Richard Topol as Technician #1 * Victor Touzei as Security Guard #1

Production

The production was filmed in 1992 but not broadcast on television until 1994.

Home video

It was released on video in Japan, Sweden, and the UK in 1993, followed by the USA and Germany in 1994. The film was known as ''Robospy'' in Australia and was released on video in the UK as ''Cyborg Agent''.

References to old movies

The overall concept may be based on '' RoboCop'' (1987), which was regarded as a modern classic at the time. A hideout uses the password "swordfish", a reference to ''

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'' (1932). Delilah and Paul watch clips of ''

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'' (1946) on their Paris hotel's television, dubbed into French.

References

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