"No one will ever forget it." 22 August 1981 Drama, Thriller 113 mins
A group of terrorists take a radio disk jockey and his wife and child hostage in order to get their manifesto out to the world.
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Patrick McGoohan as John Kingsley
Alexis Kanner as Lucas Miller
Andrea Marcovicci as Barbara
Margaret Trudeau as Elizabeth Kingsley
Budd Knapp as Judge Stephen McManus
Neil Vipond as Henry Sutton
Peter MacNeill as George
Jean-Pierre Brown as Chris Kingsley
Robin Spry as Harry Gibson
Frank Moore as Pete
Kevin Fenlon as Laz
David Patrick as Grant Gillespie
August Schellenberg as Stanley Aldini
Kate Nash as Mrs. McPherson
Frederic Smith as Bolton
Alexis Kanner Producer
Edmund Ward Writer
Laurier Bonin Editor
Henry Lucas Editor
Alexis Kanner Writer
Alexis Kanner Director
Pierre Florent Brault Original Music Composer
Henry Lucas Director of Photography
Paul Van der Linden Director of Photography
Michel Robidoux Original Music Composer
Canada 22 August 1981
United States 13 November 1983
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21 January 1981
After a bizarre and near fatal encounter with a serial killer, a newswoman is sent to a rehabilitation center whose inhabitants may not be what they seem.
01 January 1981
An interview with artist, playwright, and political activist Jean Genet.
03 April 1981
A holiday training camp for young married couples who belong to the Polish Socialist Youth Union (ZSMP) begins at the campsite.
23 May 1981
In a world ravaged by crime, the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a walled prison where brutal prisoners roam free.
24 December 1981
The story of an unhappy, childless princess, her loving husband and the poor villagers threatened by a terrible disease, who finally received help from above.
01 January 1981
Celia Berni is facing the possibility of receiving an inheritance and is forced pretend to be a virtue.
11 September 1981
Two swordsmen from separate sects band together to kill Ruthless Chi, head of another sect.But did he really die? Events show that the Ruthless killer stills controls the strings and its up to the swordsmen to reveal his true identity.
12 August 1981
Xiu Juan, a filial daughter and caring sister, trades her soul for money to look after her mother and her brother's studies.
21 May 1981
A down on his luck engineer gets involved in an adventure with a mysterious woman and an emerald magnate.
22 January 1981
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10 July 1981
When a feisty little fox named Tod is adopted into a farm family, he quickly becomes friends with a fun and adorable hound puppy named Copper.
27 August 1981
A female teacher spots one of her students being molested by a vagrant. But her rescue attempt fails as the vagrant drags the teacher into an empty classroom and sexually assaults her.
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