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The Hostage Tower(1980)
Status: Released
Date: 1980-09-19
48%
8 Votes
Time: 1h 40m
1000 feet above Paris, a group of Master Criminals play a game of death.
Overview:
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
Sweden,
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
The Jerry Leider Company
Movie: The Hostage Tower
Top 10 Billed Cast
Peter Fonda
Mike Graham
Maud Adams
Sabrina Carver
Billy Dee Williams
Clarence Whitlock
Keir Dullea
Mr. Smith
Britt Ekland
Leah
Rachel Roberts
Sonya
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Malcolm Philpott
Celia Johnson
Mrs. Wheeler
André Oumansky
Pei
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Overview
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.
Release Date
1980-09-19
Average
4.75
Rating:
2.4 startsTagline
1000 feet above Paris, a group of Master Criminals play a game of death.
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