The Hostage Tower

Sep 19, 1980

1h 40m

★ 4.8

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.

Genres

Thriller

Crime

Production Companies

Sandrews

The Jerry Leider Company

The Hostage Tower Trailers

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Cast

Mike Graham

Peter Fonda

Sabrina Carver

Maud Adams

Clarence Whitlock

Billy Dee Williams

Mr. Smith

Keir Dullea

Leah

Britt Ekland

Sonya

Rachel Roberts

Malcolm Philpott

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Mrs. Wheeler

Celia Johnson

Claude

Jack Lenoir

Pei

André Oumansky

Tote

Daniel Perche

Poupon

Jacques Maury

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