Held for Ransom
- Original title
- Held for Ransom
- Year
- 2000
- Running time
- 88 min.
- Country
- United States
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Dennis Hopper
- Zachery Ty Bryan
- Kam Heskin
- Jordan Brower
- Randy Spelling
- Tsianina Joelson
- Timothy Bottoms
- John Getz
- Paul Dillon
- Charlene Amoia
- Michael Finuoli
- Joe Hess
- Tyler Kuhn
- Keith MacKechnie
- Brian Nolan
- Quentin Richmond
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Thriller | Independent Film (US)
- Movie Groups
- Lois Duncan Adaptations
- Synopsis
- In rural Florida, white trash JD, his wife Rita and their mate John murder a bus driver so they can kidnap five high-school students and demand $250,000 ransom per head. The kids are held captive end constantly threatened by JD and wife in their miserable swamp home in alligator country. The brothers Glenn (a cocky, dumb but popular jock captain) and Bruce (nice and bright) Kirkland and Dexter Martin, neglected son of a penniless Newyorker and the class's boxing-ball, must overcome or at least control their strife to deal with JD's envy-driven abuse. The girls must play in to his adulterous appetite. The ransom is questionable, so a matter of anguish for the parents. Several family secrets play a crucial part in the outcome.
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