Deadly EncounterDeadly Encounter is a 1982 American television movie.PremiseAn ex-combat helicopter pilot helps a widowed ex-girlfriend find the black book her husband kept from mobsters.CastLarry HagmanSusan AnspachProductionDuring filming in Mexico, a helicopter used on the production crashed, killing three people and seriously injuring a fourth. Susan Anspach claimed production had been unsafe. Other titles for the film were American Eagle and Bird of Prey. The film took a long time to be screened.ReceptionNewsday called it "a total disaster... a waste of Hagman's talents".