The Hostage Tower

2h 1980

Brief Synopsis

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Billed as novelist Alistair MacLean's first original television thriller, this tale finds flamboyant master criminal Keir Dullea and several specialists staging an audacious scheme to capture the Eiffel Tower and hold as hostage one of its visitors, the U.S. President's mother (veteran British actre

Cast & Crew

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Claudio Guzman

Director

Peter Fonda

Mike Graham

Billy Dee Williams

Clarence Whitlock

Keir Dullea

Mr Smith

Maud Adams

Sabrina Carver

Celia Johnson

Mrs Wheeler

Film Details

Also Known As
Hostage Tower
Genre
Political
Thriller
Release Date
1980
Production Company
CBS Entertainment; CBS Television Stations
Distribution Company
Columbia-Emi-Warner

Technical Specs

Duration
2h

Synopsis

Billed as novelist Alistair MacLean's first original television thriller, this tale finds flamboyant master criminal Keir Dullea and several specialists staging an audacious scheme to capture the Eiffel Tower and hold as hostage one of its visitors, the U.S. President's mother (veteran British actress Celia Johnson), while Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., head of a UN security force, tries to foil the plot with the aid of Peter Fonda (his TV-movie debut) and Billy Dee Williams. Rachel Roberts (as Fairbanks' assistant) had her final role here (although a later TV appearance in "The Wall", filmed earlier, followed in 1981).

Director

Claudio Guzman

Director

Cast

Peter Fonda

Mike Graham

Billy Dee Williams

Clarence Whitlock

Keir Dullea

Mr Smith

Maud Adams

Sabrina Carver

Celia Johnson

Mrs Wheeler

Rachel Roberts

Sonya Kolchinski

Douglas Fairbanks

Malcolm Philpott

Jack Lenoir

Claude

Andre Oumansky

Pei

Jacques Maury

Poupon

Nicholas Vogel

Ducret

Britt Ekland

Leah

Daniel Perche

Tote

Hubert Noel

Ducret'S Aide

Michel Bardinet

Legrain

Lyle Joyce

Us Ambassador

Rene Roussell

General Jaubert

Bill Kearns

General Hornbecker

Serge Feuillard

Officer

Roger Lumont

Superintendent

Jean Michaud

Verner

Albert Augier

Albert

Mike Marshall

Us Guard

Uta Taeger

Young German Lady

Peter Semler

Young German

Steeve Gadler

Us Corporal

Philippe Mareuil

Doctor

Guy Delorme

Italian Admirer

Brian Edwards

Pilot

Gerard Moisan

Crew Member

Jean-louis Paschal

Crew Member

Joel Venon

Crew Member

Alain Saugout

Crew Member

Denis Seurat

Crew Member

Billy Kearns

Crew

Jean-louis Airola

Stunts

Ricky Alexandros

Production Coordinator

Charles Henri Assola

Special Effects

Rad Autophon

Production Assistant

Joelle Baland

Stunts

Alain Barbier

Stunts

Antoine Baud

Stunts

Simon Benzakein

Executive Producer

Jean Boffety

Director Of Photography

Marie-therese Boiche

Editor (France)

Claude Carliez

Stunts

Robert Carrington

From Story

Robert Carrington

Screenwriter

Francis Degueltzl

Assistant Director

Jean-louis Ducarme

Sound Mixer

Ronald J. Fagan

Editor

Patrick Gordon

Unit Manager

Claudio Guzman

Production Designer

E. Darrell Hallenbeck

Production Manager

Michel Julienne

Stunts

Remy Julienne

Stunts

Jack Kirschner

Sound Editor

Jerry Leider

Executive Producer

Alistair Maclean

From Story

Lori Michelle

Stunts

Gerard Moisan

Stunts

Burt Nodella

Producer

Joel Norwood

Associate Producer

Bruno Oppe

Stunts

Marie-madeleine Paris

Makeup

Daniel Perche

Stunts

Jacques Pisias

Stunts

Jacques Santi

Assistant Director

John Scott

Music

Peter Snell

Producer

William Stevenson

Sound Editor

Claude Sune

Set Decorator

Claude Sune

On-Set Dresser

Jacky Venon

Stunts

Gerard Viard

Set Decorator

Suzanne Wiesenfeld

Production Manager

Film Details

Also Known As
Hostage Tower
Genre
Political
Thriller
Release Date
1980
Production Company
CBS Entertainment; CBS Television Stations
Distribution Company
Columbia-Emi-Warner

Technical Specs

Duration
2h

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Aired in United States May 13, 1980

Released theatrically outside the United States.

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