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Thursday, October 25, 2018

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     Ransom!
1956  NR  DRAMA  1h 49min
CAST— Glenn Ford, Donna Reed, Leslie Nielsen, Juano Hernandez, Alexander Scourby, Juanita Moore, Robert Keith
MUSIC— Jeff Alexander  DIRECTOR— Alex Segal

     Engaging study of a family’s emotional struggle dealing with the kidnapping of their eight year-old son. The kidnappers demand $500,000 ransom; but when the police explain that it’s a fifty/fifty chance even with payment, the boy’s father refuses to pay, making him an object of scorn to the media, the public, even his family. The film keeps the tension fairly tight throughout the film, marred only by an abrupt and questionable ending. Leslie Nielsen hands in a fine performance as a cocky journalist who soon begins to realize that there’s more to this story than just sensationalism. Later remade with Mel Gibson in the Glenn Ford role.
OUR RATING— **
REMADE AS— Ransom (1996)

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