Kasem used to be or was trying to make it as an actor before he became a very well known DJ. And he was pretty good in what he was given. As loved to see him play someone else other than himself or Shaggy for "Scooby Doo!"
Here he is the bad guy and drug kingpin named Phil in which he and his partner in crime, the late Warren Finnerty of Easy Rider fame as Barney as they kill one hippie turned informant to keep his mouth shut and want another young person but as Phil wants someone that can be trusted not to go to the feds on them.
Richard Beymer of West Side Story and Twin Peaks fame as Dean the hero of the story. That after fighting with an officer and knocking one off and now on the run after meeting a girl named Karen over in a love fest who is played by the late Natalie Wood's younger less known sister Lana.
Dean must find a way to make money to escape to of all places, Dayton Ohio with very little to no explanation on why. He agrees to escort his WSS Jets partner Russ Tamblyn as Link over on a drug run. Link works for Phil and Barney hoping to make partner but keeps on being denied. As Kasem thinks he is a loose cannon and with good reason.
In this so called "routine" first and hopefully only run will not be as so as two narcotics agents played by the late Lindsay Crosby and the late Jody McCrea as they were sons of both the late Bing and the late Joel respectively on their tail.
It leads to Dean getting more than he bargained and how he needs to escape the drug runners while making it out alive but Karen is kidnapped as bait to lure Dean. Plus he needs to find money and fast now that he knows the true motives of Phil and Barney.
Kasem as a drug dealing cop killer cast against type there. Wonder if he stayed with it, he would had in the making it onto the A list. But really his voice was the key to his career. As well as we would miss the late DJ doing the "American Top 40" shows.
Here he is the bad guy and drug kingpin named Phil in which he and his partner in crime, the late Warren Finnerty of Easy Rider fame as Barney as they kill one hippie turned informant to keep his mouth shut and want another young person but as Phil wants someone that can be trusted not to go to the feds on them.
Richard Beymer of West Side Story and Twin Peaks fame as Dean the hero of the story. That after fighting with an officer and knocking one off and now on the run after meeting a girl named Karen over in a love fest who is played by the late Natalie Wood's younger less known sister Lana.
Dean must find a way to make money to escape to of all places, Dayton Ohio with very little to no explanation on why. He agrees to escort his WSS Jets partner Russ Tamblyn as Link over on a drug run. Link works for Phil and Barney hoping to make partner but keeps on being denied. As Kasem thinks he is a loose cannon and with good reason.
In this so called "routine" first and hopefully only run will not be as so as two narcotics agents played by the late Lindsay Crosby and the late Jody McCrea as they were sons of both the late Bing and the late Joel respectively on their tail.
It leads to Dean getting more than he bargained and how he needs to escape the drug runners while making it out alive but Karen is kidnapped as bait to lure Dean. Plus he needs to find money and fast now that he knows the true motives of Phil and Barney.
Kasem as a drug dealing cop killer cast against type there. Wonder if he stayed with it, he would had in the making it onto the A list. But really his voice was the key to his career. As well as we would miss the late DJ doing the "American Top 40" shows.