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Ransom 1996

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Ransom
Cast
Mel Gibson, Rene Russo, Brawley Nolte, Gary Sinise, Delroy Lindo, Lili Taylor, Liev Schreiber, Donnie Wahlberg, Evan Handler, Nancy Ticotin
Director
Ron Howard, Todd Hallowell
Producer
Todd Hallowell, Scott Rudin, Brian Grazer, Kip Hagopian, Adam Schroeder
Writer
Cyril Hume, Richard Maibuam, Richard Price, Alexander Ignon, Richard Maibaum
Duration
01:59:00
Release
Friday November 8 1996
Genre
Suspense/Thriller

Synopsis

Tom Mullen is a wealthy corporate executive used to mediating tough business deals, and doing things his own way. Along with his beautiful wife Kate and son Sean, Tom has all the material trappings of success, including a Fifth Avenue penthouse, an enviable position in New York society and high media visibility. But when the thing he cherishes most--his young son--is abducted by desperate criminals and held for ransom, Tom's world of affluence and privilege comes crashing down. And after an FBI rescue operation fails, he engineers a dangerous countermeasure in a last chance effort to bring his boy back to safety. With his son's life hanging precariously in the balance, and his wife terrified by the shocking plan, Tom offers an appalling proposal, the response to which could easily result in the loss of his son forever.


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