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Held for Ransom (2000) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 2000 · 88 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Lee Stanley
- Starring
- Zachery Ty Bryan, Charlene Amoia, Timothy Bottoms, Dennis Hopper, John Getz, Morgan Fairchild
Released direct‑to‑video in 2000, Held for Ransom follows five high‑school students who are abducted and taken to a remote Florida swamp, where their captors demand a ransom. The thriller, based on Lois Duncan’s novel, was both written and directed by Lee Stanley and carries the ominous tagline “They Pay or They Die.”
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