Special Delivery (1955 film)

Special Delivery
Directed by	John Brahm
Written by	Philip H. Reisman Jr. Dwight Taylor Géza von Radványi (idea)
Produced by	Gilbert de Goldschmidt (producer) Oskar Kalbus (supervising producer) Charles Münzel (executive producer) Stuart Schulberg (producer)
Starring	Joseph Cotten Eva Bartok Bob Cunningham
Cinematography	Joseph C. Brun
Edited by	Georges Klotz
Music by	Bernhard Kaun
Production company	Trans-Rhein Film
Distributed by	Columbia Film-Verleih (West Germany) Columbia Pictures (United States)
Release dates	April 1955 (West Germany) September 1955 (United States)
Running time	86 minutes
Countries	United States West Germany
Languages	English and German (filmed simultaneously in both languages)

Special Delivery (also known as Vom Himmel gefallen (in German)) is a 1955 American-West German comedy film, directed by John Brahm. It stars Joseph Cotten and Eva Bartok. Special Delivery was filmed simultaneously in an English and German language version.

Plot

The film is set in a fictional Iron Curtain country.

Cast

• Joseph Cotten as John Adams
• Eva Bartok as Sonja
• Bob Cunningham as Captain Heinikan
• René Deltgen as Kovak
• Gert Fröbe as Olaf

Production

It was filmed simultaneously in English- and German-language versions.

See also

• 1955 in film
• List of comedy films of the 1950s
• List of German films 1945–1959

External links

• Special Delivery at IMDb
• Special Delivery at the TCM Movie Database