So says the delightful veteran British leading lady, Celia Johnson, playing the mother of the American president, held hostage by international terrorist Keir Dullea and his multi-national cohorts of both genders which includes Peter Fonda, Maud Adams, Britt Ekland and Billy Dee Williams, with Douglas Fairbanks Jr. And Rachel Roberts observing behind the scenes. Each of the international terrorists are introduced through flashbacks showing their greatest achievements, then brought together right before the hostage situation occurs.
Johnson gets a great speech, urging the feds to concentrate on saving the young people and instead donate the money demanded over to her favorite charity project aiding starving children, basically prepared to die, claiming nearly to be as old as the tower herself. This moment is the highlight of this rather ordinary TV thriller, not really original, and definitely predictable. Fairbanks and Roberts provide some class, and she gets a few good lines, but after her campy turn in "Foul Play", she deserved something so much better. It's also quite a bit longer than it should be. Too much talking and not enough action really does make this the tower of babel.
Johnson gets a great speech, urging the feds to concentrate on saving the young people and instead donate the money demanded over to her favorite charity project aiding starving children, basically prepared to die, claiming nearly to be as old as the tower herself. This moment is the highlight of this rather ordinary TV thriller, not really original, and definitely predictable. Fairbanks and Roberts provide some class, and she gets a few good lines, but after her campy turn in "Foul Play", she deserved something so much better. It's also quite a bit longer than it should be. Too much talking and not enough action really does make this the tower of babel.