The young daughter of a politician runs away due to lack of attention. She hides in the car of two not too bright crooks who are slowly converted into parent figures as the police web closes down on the supposed kidnappers.
Tag: ransom
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Ruthless People
Sam Stone hates his wife Barbara so much that he wants her dead. He’s ecstatic when she’s taken by a duo of kidnappers who want $500,000 ransom in exchange for her life. Fully intending to ignore every one of the kidnappers’ demands in the hopes that they do him a favor and murder her for him, the two confused kidnappers have to figure out how they’re going get their money, and what they’re going to do with the overbearing Barbara.
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Free Hand for a Tough Cop
A cop recruits a criminal and his cohorts to help track down a violent crime lord who has kidnapped the ill daughter of a rich family.
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Problem Child
Ben Healy and his social climbing wife Flo adopt fun-loving seven year old Junior. But they soon discover he’s a little monster as he turns a camping trip, a birthday party and even a baseball game into comic nightmares.
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Soldier’s Fortune
A rich young girl is kidnapped by masked terrorists. Her mother’s ex-husband, a former mercenary, gathers some of his former comrades and goes off to rescue her.
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Executive Decision
Terrorists hijack a 747 inbound to Washington D.C., demanding the release of their imprisoned leader. Intelligence expert David Grant (Kurt Russell) suspects another reason and he is soon the reluctant member of a special assault team that is assigned to intercept the plane and hijackers.
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Held for Ransom
Held for Ransom is a 2000 direct-to-video film about five high-school students that are kidnapped and held for ransom in a remote swamp area in Florida. It was directed and written by Lee Stanley based on the novel by Lois Duncan.
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The Way of the Gun
Two criminal drifters without sympathy get more than they bargained for after kidnapping and holding for ransom the surrogate mother of a powerful and shady man.
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Suicide Kings
Carlo, a former mobster, is abducted by five privileged young men desperate to raise a $2 million ransom to save the sister of a friend. As Carlo plays mind games, however, his captors splinter — each wondering whether one of their own had a hand in the crime.
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A Life Less Ordinary
A couple of angels, O’Reilly and Jackson, are sent to Earth to make sure that their next supervised love-connection succeeds. They follow Celine, a spoiled rich girl who has just accidentally shot a suitor and, due to a misunderstanding, is kidnapped by janitor Robert. Although Celine quickly frees herself, she stays with Robert for thrills. O’Reilly and Jackson pursue, hoping to unite the prospective lovers.