The Hostage Tower(1980)
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.
Movie: The Hostage Tower
Top 10 Billed Cast
Mike Graham
Sabrina Carver
Clarence Whitlock
Mr. Smith
Leah
Sonya
Malcolm Philpott
Mrs. Wheeler
Pei
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