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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The world's most powerful man in the hands of the world's most dangerous terrorist. See more »Genres:
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15 August 1980 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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CAD3,500,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Second consecutive back-to-back Canadian suspense thriller for Director George Mendeluk whose previous picture had been Stone Cold Dead (1979). 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 »Quotes
Prime Minister: Alright Mr. O'Connor, if you want the responsibility, proceed. But quietly. Quietly.See more »
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Starring William Shatner as a Secret Service agent, the President is successfully kidnapped and the search for him and the kidnappers is on. A decent film, far better than Vantage Point which had a similar idea behind it, the acting and pacing are decent as is the ending. Worth seeing if it were ever on.