Movie: Held Hostage: The Sis and Jerry Levin Story

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Marlo Thomas
Marlo Thomas

Lucille 'Sis' Levin

David Dukes
David Dukes

Jerry Levin

William Schallert
William Schallert

Landrum Bolling

G.W. Bailey
G.W. Bailey

Brother

Gila Almagor
Gila Almagor

Nuhad

Chaim Banai
Chaim Banai

Ghannoum (as Haim Banai)

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    Based on the real-life experiences of Sis Levin, the wife of CNN Reporter Jerry Levin, who was taken hostage in Lebanon by Shiite Fundamentalists in 1984, and her struggle to free him.

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    1991-01-13

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