He adapted his novel "Deliverance" for the big screen & played a sheriff in the 1972 movie
Released in 1972, the movie was a 
shocker, not solely for the infamous ... With a screenplay adapted from his own 
novel, James Dickey didn't spare us .... Cox: And he actually wasn't on the set 
except when he came back to play the sheriff maybe because he was... [DOC] [TLE] Amazon.ca:Customer Reviews: Deliverance (Bilingual) [Import] [PAR] The screenplay was written by James Dickey based on his book, and he has a 
small ... the R-rated full-screen and wide-screen format movie, a good 
documentary, English ... Ronny Cox plays the conscience, Burt Reynolds the ego
, and Ned Beatty the ... DELIVERANCE (1972) was adapted from the great and 
controversial... [DOC] [TLE] Deliverance (1972) - Rotten Tomatoes [PAR] Critic Consensus: No consensus yet ... Deliverance: Deluxe Edition Scene: Corn 
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