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83 Hours 'Til Dawn (1990) (TV)
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4 November 1990 (USA)
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Plot:
A wealthy man's daughter is kidnapped and placed in a box with air for only 83 hours. full summary | add synopsis
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FBI
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Gagged And Bound
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Kidnapping
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Not particularly good, but decent, for a TV-movie
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Cast
(Credited cast)| Peter Strauss | ... | Wayne Stracton | |
| Robert Urich | ... | Bradley Burdock | |
| Paul Winfield | ... | Doctor Dantley | |
| Elizabeth Gracen | ... | Maria Ranfield | |
| Kevin Kilner | ... | Bobby Dankworth | |
| Shannon Wilcox | ... | Janet Burdock | |
| R. Lee Ermey | ... | Glen Fairling | |
| Samantha Mathis | ... | Julie Burdock | |
| Cameron Bancroft | ... | David Burdock | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Tom Allard | ... | Whitewood | |
| Jacqueline Axton | ... | Mrs. Dankworth | |
| Victor Brandt | ... | Sorella | |
| Christopher Cass | ... | Chadway | |
| Ancel Cook | ... | Woodmere | |
| Danny Dayton | ... | Morgan | |
| Joseph Della Sorte | ... | Larwin | |
| Bill Dunnam | ... | Man | |
| Randy Hamilton | ... | Rankin | |
| Lance Hubp | ... | Fownes | |
| Terry Israel | ... | Frank | |
| Erik Kilpatrick | ... | Georgia Policeman | |
| Adrienne Meltzer | ... | Lisa Halberstam | |
| Charles D. Miller | ... | F.B.I. Agent | |
| Richardson Morse | ... | Salesman | |
| Zachary Norman | ... | Agent | |
| Lawrence C. Polson | ... | Tracker | |
| John Rensenhouse | ... | Afferton | |
| Andrew Rohrer | ... | Prideman | |
| Bob Roitblat | ... | Plainclothes Cop | |
| Jimmie Ray Weeks | ... | Dan Armada | |
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Rated PG-13 for violence and terror, and some sexuality.
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90 min
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Based on the 1971 autobiography of Barbara Jane Mackle, who was kidnapped in 1968 and buried alive for eighty-three hours in a wood-and-fiberglass capsule.
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Version of The Longest Night (1972) (TV)
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I haven't seen the original film, that this one is a remake of, but I guess it's better than this. This film is based on a true story, but I don't know how true to the facts it is. The plot is pretty good, but terribly predictable, partly due to the fact that the whole film is being told as a flashback. It's also slow, especially for a 90-minute movie. The acting is mostly decent at best, with a few exceptions. Samantha Mathis was pretty good, and Peter Strauss was quite convincing. However, pretty much everyone else was overacted and hardly believable. R. Lee Ermey was somewhat good, but since this is the same role that he always plays, it was to be expected. The characters are somewhat well-written. The dialog is bad and pretty cliched. The film is fairly boring, and hard to sit through, mainly due to the predictability of the plot and the bad acting. It does have some good sequences, though, and is decent overall. Due to the various bad factors of the film, it has little to no re-watch value, and is not worth owning, even if you can get it for virtually nothing. I recommend it only to fans of thrillers, and only if it's on TV, and there's absolutely nothing worth watching for those 90 minutes. 5/10