Ransom! (1956)

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Glenn Ford	...	David G. 'Dave' Stannard
	Donna Reed	...	Edith Stannard
	Leslie Nielsen	...	Charlie Telfer
	Juano Hernandez	...	Jesse Chapman aka Uncle Jesse
	Robert Keith	...	Police Chief Jim Backett
	Richard Gaines	...	Langly
	Mabel Albertson	...	Mrs. Partridge
	Alexander Scourby	...	Dr. Paul Y. Gorman
	Bobby Clark	...	Andy Stannard
	Ainslie Pryor	...	Al Stannard
	Lori March	...	Elizabeth Stannard
	Robert Burton	...	Sheriff Jake Kessing
	Juanita Moore	...	Shirley Lorraine
	Mary Alan Hokanson	...	Nurse
	Robert Stevenson	...	Fred Benson (as Robert Forrest)

Storyline

When his son Andy is kidnapped and held for ransom, David Stannard liquidates his assets to meet the half-million dollar demand. A casual remark by newspaper reporter Charlie Telfer makes him change his mind. Despite the pleas from his wife Edith and brother Al, and the resultant condemnation of the press and public, Stannard goes on a nation-wide television program, displays the money and warns the kidnapper that not one cent will be paid for ransom; instead the money will be used to track down the kidnapper if Andy isn't returned unharmed. The police then find the boy's blood-stained shirt. Written by Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>  

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