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5.8/10   125 votes
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Writers (WGA):
O. Henry (short story)
Ed Naha (teleplay)
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Release Date:
16 August 1998 (USA) more
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Plot:
Two hoboes strike on a get-rich quick scheme to kidnap an overly-energetic 9 year old son of a local banker. Based on the classic story by O'Henry. | add synopsis
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I thought that it was going to be another boring class movie, but I was amazed! more (8 total)

Cast

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Christopher Lloyd ... Sam Howard

Michael Jeter ... Bill Driscoll

Alan Ruck ... Ambrose Dorset
Kaitlin Hopkins ... Agnes Dorset
Richard Riehle ... Sheriff 'T-Bone' Yankum
Brent Hinkley ... Deputy Muldoon
Sue Bugden ... Miss Dupa

Brad Greenquist ... Strange Pierre
Richard Moll ... Filthy McNasty

Haley Joel Osment ... Andy Dorset

Nancy Lenehan ... Temperance Lady 1

Mary Linda Phillips ... Temperance Lady 2 (as Linda Phillips)
Nicole Kranidas ... Temperance Lady 3
Al Mancini ... Assayer

Robert Dickman ... Second Town Man 1
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Runtime:
90 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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1.33 : 1 more
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4 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
I thought that it was going to be another boring class movie, but I was amazed!, 14 December 2005
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You walk into class, and your teacher states that you would be watching short stories that were developed into movies over the next couple of weeks. Your response: Yippe (in a sarcastic way). You finally get to 'Ransom of Red Chief' and it already sounds boring. This happened to me. I didn't really start paying attention until some of my classmates started giggling. Actually, nobody was watching it until it appeared to be a great movie. It was a comedy, about two guys trying to make a quick buck. They had this master mind plan about raising money by kidnapping a man by the name of Ebenezer Dorset's little boy. One would think that the boy, AKA Red Chief would get hurt, but it was the criminals who did. At the end our sides were split listening to it! Have fun with it, and believe me when I say that it is worth while.

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