"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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Many films have received almost no audience response at the time of their release in cinemas - this one is one of them.
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