The Hostage Tower
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“1000 feet above Paris, a group of Master Criminals play a game of death.”
A flamboyant master criminal and several specialists stage an audacious scheme to capture the Eiffel Tower and hold as hostage one of its visitors, the U.S. President's mother, while the head of a UN security force tries to stop them.
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3 films
Cast
34 people
Peter Fonda
Mike Graham
Known for
Easy Rider
3:10 to Yuma
Maud Adams
Sabrina Carver
Known for
Octopussy
Rollerball
Billy Dee Williams
Clarence Whitlock
Known for
The Empire Strikes Back
Batman
Keir Dullea
Mr. Smith
Known for
2001: A Space Odyssey
Black Christmas
Britt Ekland
Leah
Known for
The Man with the Golden Gun
The Wicker Man
Rachel Roberts
Sonya
Known for
Picnic at Hanging Rock
This Sporting Life
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Malcolm Philpott
Known for
Little Caesar
Gunga Din
Celia Johnson
Mrs. Wheeler
Known for
Brief Encounter
This Happy Breed
Jack Lenoir
Claude
Also in
Escape to Victory
Love and Death
André Oumansky
Pei
Known for
The Spy
Napoleon
Daniel Perche
Tote
Also in
This Sweet Sickness
Kill the Referee
Jacques Maury
Poupon
Known for
Smiley's People
The Outsider
Claudio Guzmán Director · Robert Carrington Screenplay Alistair MacLean Story
Budget $4M · United States release May 13, 1980 · Produced in Sweden, United States
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Budget
$4,000,000
Production
Sandrews
Production
The Jerry Leider Company
Production
Jerry Leider Productions
Production
Sweden · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · May 13, 1980
TV · CBS
Denmark
October 31, 1980 · Theatrical
Finland
September 26, 1980 · Theatrical
France
January 7, 1981 · Theatrical
Germany
January 1, 1984 · Physical · video premiere (UFA)
December 14, 1984 · Theatrical · Montana
Norway
September 19, 1980 · Theatrical
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