Hostage
1987, English. Directed by Hanro Möhr & Percival Rubens.
The leader of a South African Nation is imprisoned. His followers, led by Zabo, hijack a plane with the intent to use the passengers as hostages to trade for his release. They select a plane carrying a religious leader to use as their main hostage. They soon learn that they have an added bonus of the daughter and grandson of Colonel Shaw, a bigwig in the country. The grandson all the while has to cope with the dual problems of being hijacked and held hostage while needing a kidney transplant. The hijackers have everything in their favor, except that the colonel's daughter is the sweetheart of Major Sam Striker. Striker puts together a band of mercenaries and sets about freeing the hostages.
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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Cast & crew
- Hanro MöhrDirector
- Percival RubensDirector
- Wings HauserMaj. Sam Striker
- Karen BlackLaura Lawrence
- Kevin McCarthyCol. Tim Shaw
- Nancy LockeNicole Newman
- Robert WhiteheadHarry Stone
- Billy SecondRona
- Ian SteadmanYamani
- Marcel Van HeerdenHussein
- Clare MarshallSister Eugenia
- Iain WinterJohn Sloan - Pilot
- Hyla MarrowNurse
Details
- Released
- 1 October 1987
- Country
- United States of America, South Africa
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Hostage runs 95 minutes (1h 35m).
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Who directed Hostage?
Hostage (1987) was directed by Hanro Möhr and Percival Rubens and stars Wings Hauser, Karen Black, Kevin McCarthy.