Kings and Desperate Men
- Original title
- Kings and Desperate Men
- Year
- 1981
- Running time
- 118 min.
- Country
- Canada
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Patrick McGoohan
- Alexis Kanner
- Andrea Marcovicci
- Margaret Trudeau
- Budd Knapp
- Peter MacNeill
- Neil Vipond
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Thriller | Terrorism. Kidnapping Film / Disappearance. Christmas
- Synopsis
- On the eve of Christmas, an urbane, loutish and acidly cynical Montreal radio talk-show host is taken hostage in his own studio by a band of crusading terrorists who want a new on-the-air trial of a comrade they feel was wrongly convicted. For collateral, the terrorists have also taken hostage his rich wife and mentally retarded son in their own home. The listening audience shall act as the jury and phone in their verdicts. All the while, the talk-show host must sustain the role of grand showman and project his wit and cavalierness to the listening audience, despite the tense situation. Captor and captive engage in a furious battle of wits.
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