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Kings and Desperate Men

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Year

1981

Running time

118 min.

Country

Canada

Director

Alexis Kanner

Screenwriter

Alexis Kanner, Edmund Ward

Cast

Music

Pierre F. Brault, Michel Robidoux

Cinematography

Alexis Kanner, Paul Van der Linden

Producer

Kineversal Productions

Genre

Thriller | Terrorism. Kidnapping Film / Disappearance. Christmas

Synopsis

On the eve of Christmas, an urbane, loutish and acidly cynical Montreal radio talk-show host is taken hostage in his own studio by a band of crusading terrorists who want a new on-the-air trial of a comrade they feel was wrongly convicted. For collateral, the terrorists have also taken hostage his rich wife and mentally retarded son in their own home. The listening audience shall act as the jury and phone in their verdicts. All the while, the talk-show host must sustain the role of grand showman and project his wit and cavalierness to the listening audience, despite the tense situation. Captor and captive engage in a furious battle of wits.

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Kings and Desperate Men

1981

Alexis Kanner