Ransom (Original title)The Terrorists (Alternative title)
Dates: 1974 (Copyright), 14 January 1974 (Production), 02 March 1975 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Casper Wrede
Synopsis: Scandinavia. A British ambassador is kidnapped by a terrorist and a ransom for the release of six associates is demanded. An attempt to substitute the prisoners en route is a failure, but an undercover agent is revealed. Afterwards the ambassador is rescued.
Genres: Crime, Thriller
Subjects: Terrorism, Kidnapping
Releases
Date: 1974Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Colour - Eastmancolor - SoundRuntime: 98 mins Length: 8812 FeetDialogue (original): English
Dates: 1974 (Copyright), 14 January 1974 (Production), 02 March 1975 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Casper Wrede
Synopsis: Scandinavia. A British ambassador is kidnapped by a terrorist and a ransom for the release of six associates is demanded. An attempt to substitute the prisoners en route is a failure, but an undercover agent is revealed. Afterwards the ambassador is rescued.
Genres: Crime, Thriller
Subjects: Terrorism, Kidnapping
Releases
Date: 1974Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Colour - Eastmancolor - SoundRuntime: 98 mins Length: 8812 FeetDialogue (original): English
Credits
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©: British Lion Films Ltd., A British Lion film/Released by: Lion International, A 20th Century Fox film: 20th Century Fox, [Logo]: British Lion, Produced by: Peter Rawley, Production Manager: Hans Lindgren, Production Supervisor: Basil Rayburn, Production Accountant: Fred Harding, Location Manager: Hans Otto Nicholayson, Assistant to Producer: Diane Ferguson, Production Secretary: Iris Rose, 1st Assistant Director: Bernard Hanson, Casting: Lesley De Pettitt, Written by: Paul Wheeler, Director of Photography: Sven Nykvist, Special Effects: Roy Whybrow, Editor: Eric Boyd-Perkins, Editor: Thelma Connell, Assistant Editor: William Parnell, Art Director: Sven Wickman, Make-up: Elsa Fennell, Music by: Jerry Goldsmith, Sound Recordist: John Bramall, Sound Recordist: Ken Scrivener, Completion Recording by: Anvil, Dubbing Editor: Dino di Campo, Dubbing Editor: Bill Trent, Official Photofit Technique as Invented by: Jacques Penry, Unit Publicist: Geoffrey Freeman, Made on location in Norway and at: Shepperton Studios
Cast
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Sean Connery (Nils Tahlvik), Ian McShane (Ray Petrie), James Maxwell (Bernhard), Isabel Dean (Mrs Palmer), Jeffrey Wickham (Frank Barnes), John Quentin (Martin Shepherd), Robert Harris (Gerald Palmer), Knut Wigert (Polson), William Fox (Ferris), Harry Landis (lookout pilot), Norman Bristow (Captain Denver), Alf Malland (police inspector), John Cording (Bert), Karen Maxwell (Eva), Christopher Ellison (Pete), Colin Prockter (Mike), Richard Hampton (Joe), Malcolm Rennie (Terry), Kaare Kroppan (Donner), Knut M. Hansson (Matson), Preston Lockwood (Hislop), Frimann Falck Clausen (Schmidt), Sven Aune (2nd pilot), Nøste Schwab (female housekeeper), Kåre Wicklund (male housekeeper), Froeydis Damslora, Inger Heidal, Brita Rogde (air hostess)