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Ransom (1974)
Directed by Casper Wrede
“Hijackers. Kidnappers. Killers. Only one man can stop them.”
Action, Drama, Thriller · 1h 35m
Following a series of bomb attacks in London, a group of terrorists seize Britain's ambassador to Scandinavia. With the ambassador now a hostage in his residence, another group hijacks an airliner at the capital's airport, announcing that the passengers will not be freed until their demands are met. Colonel Nils Tahlvik, Scandinavia's resourceful and ruthless head of security, seeks to take an uncompromising stance against the terrorists yet his attempts meet resistance from unknown forces at every turn...
Cast
Sean Connery
Col. Nils Tahlvik
Ian McShane
Ray Petrie
Jeffry Wickham
Capt. Frank Barnes
Isabel Dean
Mrs Palmer
Robert Harris
Ambassador Palmer
James Maxwell
Bernhard
Harry Landis
Lookout Pilot
Alf Malland
Police Inspector
Christopher Ellison
Pete
W
William Fox
Ferris
C
Colin Prockter
Mike
P
Preston Lockwood
Brigadier Hislop
Crew
- Director
- Casper Wrede
- Writer
- Paul Wheeler
- Director of Photography
- Sven Nykvist
- Original Music Composer
- Jerry Goldsmith
- Editor
- Eric Boyd-Perkins
- Producer
- Peter Rawley
Details
- Release date
- 1974-12-06
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Genres
- Action, Drama, Thriller
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- Lion International, Rawley Film & Theatre, British Lion Films