A South American quasi-revolutionary/guerilla/terrorist and a misled, admiring girl compatriot manage to kidnap the U.S. President during a diplomatic visit to Toronto. With a nondescript ...
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Title: The Kidnapping of the President (1980)
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| William Shatner | ... | Jerry O'Connor | |
| Hal Holbrook | ... | President Adam Scott | |
| Van Johnson | ... | Vice President Ethan Richards | |
| Ava Gardner | ... | Beth Richards | |
| Miguel Fernandes | ... | Roberto Assanti | |
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Cindy Girling | ... | Linda Steiner |
| Elizabeth Shepherd | ... | Joan Scott | |
| Michael J. Reynolds | ... | MacKenzie | |
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Gary Reineke | ... | Deitrich |
| Maury Chaykin | ... | Harvey Cannon | |
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Murray Westgate | ... | Archie Standler |
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Ken Anderson | ... | Willis |
| Sully Boyar | ... | FBI Chief | |
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Patrick Brymer | ... | Jesus Freak |
| Jackie Burroughs | ... | Woman Agent | |
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A South American quasi-revolutionary/guerilla/terrorist and a misled, admiring girl compatriot manage to kidnap the U.S. President during a diplomatic visit to Toronto. With a nondescript armored truck, crudely yet somehow elaborately rigged with high explosives (and the President trapped inside), the two terrorists keep the Secret Service at bay until in the end, Assanti is killed and Shatner has to find a way into the truck anyway. Written by Romulus <romulus@shore.net>
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15 August 1980 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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CAD 3,500,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Virginia Podesser was cast as the Canadian Prime Minister's wife, because she was said to resemble Margaret Trudeau, the then and now former wife of the fifteenth Prime Minister of Canada Pierre Trudeau. The September 15, 1979 edition of "The Regina Leader-Post" reported that "the likeness has helped her get her first acting job in The Kidnapping of the President (1980)". See more »Goofs
When the president is first handcuffed and taken hostage, chaos erupts and the people playing crowd extras can clearly be seen laughing and smiling as they are crashing through the barricades. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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When the government was helping create a film industry here in Canada, it followed this pattern b film with a named actor. This time the name actor is William Shatner, and the b action film is about terrorist grabbing the president. Unbelievable at the time, but after 9/11 James Bond plots become more believable every week. It is entertaining, and I like Shatner in it, I forgotten abit of the ending. Entertaining, but a B film. 5/10