Kings and Desperate Men
5.3
“No one will ever forget it.”
A group of terrorists take a radio disk jockey and his wife and child hostage in order to get their manifesto out to the world.
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Cast
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Patrick McGoohan
John Kingsley
Known for
Braveheart
Escape from Alcatraz
Alexis Kanner
Lucas Miller
Known for
The Prisoner
Andrea Marcovicci
Barbara
Known for
The Stuff
The Hand
Margaret Trudeau
Elizabeth Kingsley
Also in
The Guardian Angel
Great Performances
Budd Knapp
Judge Stephen McManus
Also in
The Point
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
Neil Vipond
Henry Sutton
Known for
Paradise
Peter MacNeill
George
Known for
Storm of the Century
A History of Violence
Jean-Pierre Brown
Chris Kingsley
No other roles listed
Robin Spry
Harry Gibson
Also in
Action : The October Crisis of 1970
Quebec: Duplessis and After...
Frank Moore
Pete
Known for
Nuremberg
Below
Kevin Fenlon
Laz
Also in
Scanners II: The New Order
Blood Relatives
David Patrick
Grant Gillespie
Alexis Kanner Director · Edmund Ward Writer Pierre Florent Brault Composer
United States release November 13, 1983 · Produced in Canada
Production
Kineversal Productions
Production
Canada
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Canada · August 22, 1981
Theatrical
United States · November 13, 1983
Theatrical
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