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Ransom! is a 1956 crime drama examining the reactions of parents, police, and the public to a kidnapping. Written by Richard Maibaum and Cyril Hume, the film was based on a popular episode of "The United States Steel Hour" titled "Fearful Decision," which aired in 1954. Directed by stage and television veteran Alex Segal, the film starred Glenn Ford, Donna Reed, and Leslie Nielsen.
A loosely based remake starring Mel Gibson was made in 1996 by director Ron Howard. Its title was Ransom, minus the exclamation point.
Young Andy Stannard is kidnapped from school by a woman disguised as a nurse. His shaken parents, Dave and Edith, notify the police.
Dave Stannard is a wealthy executive. Helped by his brother and business partner Al, he prepares to pay a $500,000 ransom demanded by the kidnappers. But the chief of police, Jim Backett, and a newspaper reporter, Charlie Telfer, tell him that the odds are his son won't be returned whether or not he pays the ransom.
Dave decides to turn the tables on the kidnappers. He appears on television, refusing to pay and instead placing the money before him as a bounty on their heads if his son is not safely returned.
Actors: Sven Granlund (producer), Barry Ratcliffe (actor), Stacey T. Gillespie (actor), Al Snow (actor), Scott Geiter (producer), Cherokee Hall (producer), Cherokee Hall (director), Cherokee Hall (editor), Cherokee Hall (writer), Billy W. Blackwell (actor), James Tackett (actor), Steve Guynn (actor), Dave Haney (actor), Casey Miracle (actor), Casey Miracle (producer),
Genres: Horror,Actors: Robert Anthony Peters (actor), Rana Rines (actress), Rashida Clendening (actress), Aarin Inouye (editor), Aarin Inouye (producer), Aarin Inouye (director), Aarin Inouye (producer), Joseph M. Halay (actor), Sunny Lo (editor), Lori Dorfman (actress), Sunny Lo (producer), Sunny Lo (writer), Sunny Lo (writer), Rebecca Faiola (actress), Susie Willemsz-Geeroms (producer),
Plot: In 'Adventures in Speed Dating,' the world of fast love is explored. By all appearances, Ransom is a laid back musician with no direction, and no initiative. The world is passing him by. When his roommate Rob decides they need to be proactive in order to find love, he suggests they go to a speed dating event. There, Ransom and Rob crash head on with hippies, single mothers, and creepy older gentlemen. Their lives will never be the same after one night of speed dating.
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Braxton Davis (actor), Cole Carson (actor), Dylan de Mott (producer), Dylan de Mott (actor), Dylan de Mott (writer), Dylan de Mott (writer), Robyn Dettman (producer), Roger Gutierrez (actor), Erin Rae (actress), Priscilla Camelo (actress), Patrick de Mott (composer), Spencer Rollins (producer), Rafael Suarez (actor), Victor Shklyar (editor), Stuart-Patrick Workman (actor),
Plot: Are you in control of your own life? How quickly it can change when certain people enter it. Let alone friends with drugs. Life was fun! But tonight, for Bradan, life went from talking about Hollywood starlets to talking about where he was going to come up with a way to pay back a huge debt. In truly, desperate moments of need who can you call your friends? Hester, the rich playboy who introduced him to the drug lord? His addicted girlfriend, Tinder? Perhaps Ransom, his oldest friend who has pawned all of his possessions in order to score more drugs. Bradan is about to learn where to draw the line.
Genres: Action, Crime, Drama, Short,Actors: Brett Haley (director), Nathaniel Park (editor), Gui Inacio (actor), Travis Beacham (writer), Quincy Dunn-Baker (actor), Jack Schram (actor), Lance Brannon (actor), Aaron Babcock (composer), Robert Sherertz (actor), Rachel Sherertz (actress),
Genres: Action, Short,Actors: Howard Braunstein (producer), Michael Jaffe (producer), Sharon Lawrence (actress), Rosemary Dunsmore (actress), Mae Whitman (actress), Daphne Zuniga (actress), Don Francks (actor), Damir Andrei (actor), Gerry Mendicino (actor), Ron Lea (actor), Nigel Bennett (actor), Jackie Richardson (actress), Roman Podhora (actor), Lynn Josephson Delaney (miscellaneous crew), Craig Safan (composer),
Plot: Two part movie that follows attorney Christopher Paget and his assistant Teri Peralta. The first part has Paget being asked by his former lover and mother of his son to defend her when she is charged with murder despite being aware that Paget hasn't practice criminal law in years. During the case Paget and Peralta whose marriage is in trouble get close. And the second part has Paget being accused of killing Peralta's husband.
Keywords: based-on-novelActors: William Bassett (actor), Lee Holdridge (composer), Jamey Sheridan (actor), Elizabeth Wilson (actress), Sherilyn Fenn (actress), Jack Gold (director), Fritz Weaver (actor), Amzie Strickland (actress), Van Broughton Ramsey (costume designer), Richard Conti (actor), Francis Guinan (actor), Michèle-Barbara Pelletier (actress), Philip Abbott (actor), Sammi Davis (actress), Dave Florek (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: A.C. Lyles (producer), Frank Ferguson (actor), John Agar (actor), Charles Winninger (actor), Julie Adams (actress), George White (editor), Frank McDonald (director), Ronald Stein (composer), Richard Arlen (actor), John Damler (actor), Vicente Padula (actor), Jester Hairston (actor), Mark Hanna (writer), Ray Kellogg (actor), David Ladd (actor),
Plot: Raymie (David Ladd), an eight-year-old boy and an avid fisherman, dreams of catching a legendary giant barracuda know as Old Moe. When he finally accomplishes the feat of landing Old Moe, he has a change of heart and doesn't want to see the barracuda destroyed.
Keywords: barracuda, boy, fishing, independent-film, pierActors: Norman Pierce (actor), Robert Siodmak (director), Geoffrey Bayldon (actor), Edward Chapman (actor), Julie Harris (costume designer), Beatrice Varley (actress), William Bendix (actor), Cyril Smith (actor), Michael Ward (actor), John Welsh (actor), John Breslin (actor), Nadja Tiller (actress), Martin Miller (actor), Adrienne Corri (actress), Donald Wolfit (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Charles Dudley (actor), Daniel Gilfether (actor), H.M. Horkheimer (producer), Anthony Coldeway (writer), Bertram Bracken (director), E.D. Horkheimer (producer), Margaret Landis (actress), Madeline Pardee (actress), Fred Whitman (actor),
Genres: Short,Actors: William Lowery (actor), Tod Browning (director), Tom Wilson (actor), Mary Alden (actress), Vester Pegg (actor), Margery Wilson (actress), Russell E. Smith (writer), William Hinckley (actor), Sydney Lewis Ransome (actor), Jack Hull (actor), Thomas Hull (actor),
Genres: Drama, Short,They said that the fire is gone but it never left
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