The Hostage Tower (1980)
1h 40m
Running Time
September 19, 1980Release Date
The Hostage Tower (1980)
1h 40m
Running Time
September 19, 1980Release Date
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Plot.
A flamboyant master criminal and several specialists stage an audacious scheme to capture the Eiffel Tower and hold as hostage one of its visitors, the U.S. President's mother, while the head of a UN security force tries to stop them.
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Cast & Crew.
Peter Fonda
Mike Graham
Maud Adams
Sabrina Carver
Billy Dee Williams
Clarence Whitlock
Britt Ekland
Leah
Keir Dullea
Mr. Smith
Rachel Roberts
Sonya
Claudio Guzmán
Director
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Malcolm Philpott
Alistair MacLean
Writer
Celia Johnson
Mrs. Wheeler
Robert Carrington
Writer
Jack Lenoir
Claude
Burt Nodella
Producer
John Scott
Composer
André Oumansky
Pei
Daniel Perche
Tote
Jean Boffety
Cinematographer
Jacques Maury
Poupon
Nicolas Vogel
Ducret
Hubert Noël
Ducret's Aide
Michel Bardinet
Legrain
Lyle Joyce
U.S. Ambassador
René Roussel
General Jaubert
Billy Kearns
General Hornbecker
Serge Feuillard
Officer
Roger Lumont
Superintendent
Jean Michaud
Verner
Albert Augier
Albert
Mike Marshall
U.S. Guard
Uta Taeger
Young German Lady
Pierre Semmler
Young German
Steve Gadler
U.S. Corporal
Philippe Mareuil
Doctor
Guy Delorme
Italian Admirer
Brian Edward
Pilot
Gérard Moisan
Smith's Crew
Jean-Louis Paschal
Smith's Crew
Joël Venon
Smith's Crew
Alain Saugout
Smith's Crew
Denis Seurat
Smith's Crew
Gérard Viard
Set Decoration
Suzanne Wiesenfeld
Production Manager
Claude Suné
Set Dresser
William L. Stevenson
Supervising Sound Editor
Marie-Madeleine Paris
Makeup Artist
Jerry Leider
Executive Producer
Peter Snell
Executive Producer
Marie-Thérèse Boiché
Editor
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Wiki.
The Hostage Tower is a 1980 American spy and thriller television film starring Peter Fonda and Douglas Fairbanks Jr., and directed by Claudio Guzmán, well known for his work in sitcoms. It is based on a story by Alistair MacLean. A book based on MacLean's story by John Denis was the first in the series of UNACO books.