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The Hostage Heart (1977)
When billionaire industrialist goes into a hospital for a heart operation, some people who claim to be revolutionaries enter the operating room and draw guns and holds the man and the entire surgical staff hostage. They then demand 10 million dollars. The administrator calls the police and the FBI. The police claim jurisdiction over the matter and the man in charge is intent on taking them even if some of the hostages get killed. Eventually they learn that some of the people in hospital are with them.
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When billionaire industrialist goes into a hospital for a heart operation, some people who claim to be revolutionaries enter the operating room and draw guns and holds the man and the entire surgical staff hostage. They then demand 10 million dollars. The administrator calls the police and the FBI. The police claim jurisdiction over the matter and the man in charge is intent on taking them even if some of the hostages get killed. Eventually they learn that some of the people in hospital are with them.
Rating:NR
Genre:Thriller, Drama, Crime, TV Movie
Written By:Andrew J. Fenady, Charles Sailor
In Theaters:9/9/1977
Box Office:
Runtime:100 minutes
Studio:
Cast
Bernard McEveety
Director
Sharon Acker
Martha Lake
Stephen Davies
John Trask
George DiCenzo
Chief George Reinhold
Cameron Mitchell
Arnold Stade
Peter Palmer
Dr. Licata
Belinda Montgomery
Fiona
Allan Rich
Dr. Motzkin
Paul Shenar
James Cardone
Robert Walden
Brian O'Donnel
Carl Weathers
Bateman Hooks
Bradford Dillman
Dr. Eric Lake
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