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Ransom

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NR,1hr 49min
Genre:
Drama
Release:
1956
Director:
Alex Segal
Starring:
Glenn Ford, Donna Reed, Leslie Nielsen  ...more
Synopsis: Viewers familiar with the 1996 Mel Gibson blockbuster Ransom may be disappointed that there are no smirking villains, car chases, or bloody fistfights in the original 1956 version of the same story. Even so, the earlier Ransom! has much to offer on a purely dramatic level. Based on the Richard Maibaum-Cyril Hume TV play Fearful Decision, the film stars Glenn Ford as self-made industrialist David Stannard. When his son is kidnapped and held for 500,000 dollars ransom, Stannard at first sets about ... Full Synopsis
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Nathan Southern, AMG Review
Alex Segal's 1956 low-budget thriller Ransom! hides behind its two-dimensional kidnapping premise as a smokescreen. The film's roots run deeper than an abduction -- so much so that the kidnapping, in retrospect, appears a mere afterthought. Segal and his co-writers (Cyril Hume and Richard Maibaum) build the gestalt of their story around David G. Stannard (Glenn Ford), a deeply flawed and errant father ... Full Review
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Glenn Ford
David G. Stannard
Donna Reed
Edith Stannard
Leslie Nielsen
Charlie Telfer
Juano Hernandez
Jesse Chapman
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