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Kings and Desperate Men

Kings and Desperate Men (1981)

Drama | 118 minutes
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Genre: Drama

Duration: 118 minuten

Alternative title: Kings and Desperate Men: A Hostage Incident

Country: Canada

Directed by: Alexis Kanner

Stars: Patrick McGoohan, Alexis Kanner and Andrea Marcovicci

IMDb score: 5,3 (155)

Releasedate: 22 August 1981

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Kings and Desperate Men plot

On Christmas Eve, a cynical deejay in Montreal is taken hostage in his own studio by a group of terrorists. They want a new, on-the-air, trial of their imprisoned comrade. As a means of pressure, the terrorists have taken the deejay's wife and his mentally handicapped son hostage. The listening audience will serve as jury and judge, over the phone. The broadcast takes increasingly strange forms and the deejay has to keep his cool in order not to let things escalate.

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Patrick McGoohan Patrick McGoohan

John Kingsley

Alexis Kanner Alexis Kanner

Lucas Miller

Andrea Marcovicci Andrea Marcovicci

Barbara

Margaret Trudeau Margaret Trudeau

Elizabeth Kingsley

Budd Knapp Budd Knapp

Judge Stephen McManus

Neil Vipond Neil Vipond

Henry Sutton

Peter MacNeill Peter MacNeill

George

Jean-Pierre Brown Jean-Pierre Brown

Chris Kingsley

Robin Spry Robin Spry

Harry Gibson

Frank Moore Frank Moore

Pete

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