The Ordeal of Patty Hearst

Mar 4, 1979

2h 19m

★ 6.0

The most sensational kidnapping case of our time!

Overview

The story of the kidnapping of newspaper heiress Patty Hearst by members of a radical guerrilla organization, as seen by the FBI agent in charge of her case.

Genres

Crime

Drama

TV Movie

Production Companies

Finnegan Associates

David Paradine Television

ABC

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Cast

Charles Bates

Dennis Weaver

Patty Hearst

Lisa Eilbacher

Steven Weed

David Haskell

Randolph Hearst

Stephen Elliott

Catherine Hearst

Dolores Sutton

Cinque

Felton Perry

Gabi

Tisa Farrow

Pato

Jonathan Banks

Gelina

Anne DeSalvo

Carmella

Catherine Butterfield

Fahizah

Karen Landry

Lucy Brawley

Nancy Wolfe

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