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4 November 1990 (USA) morePlot:
A wealthy man's daughter is kidnapped and placed in a box with air for only 83 hours. full summary | add synopsisUser Comments:
Not very special TV-movie but still good moreCast
(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.Parents Guide:
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90 minCountry:
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EnglishColor:
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1.33 : 1 moreSound Mix:
StereoFilming Locations:
Long Beach, California, USAFun Stuff
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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. moreFAQ
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Peter Strauss is a delinquent who kidnaps the daughter (Mathis) of a millionaire (Urich) and keeps her closed in some kind of coffin buried on a forest and provides her with water, food and oxygen for 83 hours (from here comes the title).
Everything is very predictable, especially because the story is told by Strauss from jail (in a big flashback). What makes it good is the originality of the kidnapping itself, the way they hide the girl that increases everybody's tension: her family (of course), the cops and even Strauss and his female accomplice (who have a not very good relationship).
Summarizing, a good entertainment, the chance of watching Strauss in a good character and performance, and the joy of watching an early role of that great and very underrated actress called Samantha Mathis.