The Hostage

Name: The Hostage
Genre: Thriller
Duration: 1 h 20 min
Rating: 4.5
Cast: Ron Randell, Mary Parker, John Bailey

1956
1h 20m

IMDb RATING

4.5/10

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Thriller

A South American revolutionary is facing death for murder but the President's daughter in London is taken hostage.A South American revolutionary is facing death for murder but the President's daughter in London is taken hostage.A South American revolutionary is facing death for murder but the President's daughter in London is taken hostage.

Director
- Harold Huth
Writers
- Alfred Shaughnessy
- Guy Morgan
Stars

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IMDb RATING

4.5/10

YOUR RATING

Director
- Harold Huth
Writers
- Alfred Shaughnessy
- Guy Morgan
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

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Trivia
Closing credits: "THE HOSTAGE" Based on a story written for the B.B.C. Television Service.

Goofs
While detained, Trailer flips a packet of cigarettes down to the street to try to smuggle a message out. However, the building in which he is held is in its own grounds. When the cigarettes land, the wall of the building can be seen abutting the pavement directly, but in the long shots the building is at least ten yards away, in a wealthy suburban setting.

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Opening credits prologue: The Republic of SAN TANIO.

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Featured review

2/10

Ron Randell was an Aussie!

I have to say that i always assumed that the star of this underwhelming film,Ron Randell,was American.So i was greatly surprised to learn through his biographical details on this website that he was an Aussie.In so many films including this one he had an American accent.Now after all these years i discover that he was born in Sydney.Maybe the makers of this film decided that it would be cheaper to hire an actor who could give a passable impression of an American accent than to hire the real thing.Anyway this film it has to be said is truly dreadful.The script is truly awful and the denouement has to be seen to be believed.If you are in to truly bad films then you can catch this on the Movies4Men satellite channel.