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16 August 1998 (USA)
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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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Shirley Stiles, Winner Of 'Walk-on part' Prize, To Appear On Stage In The Ransom Of Red Chief 9/4
(From BroadwayWorld.com. 25 August 2009, 6:36 AM, PDT)
(From BroadwayWorld.com. 25 August 2009, 6:36 AM, PDT)
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I thought that it was going to be another boring class movie, but I was amazed!
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | 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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90 min
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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.