The Hostage Tower

The Hostage Tower

4.8IMDb Score
Released:1980-09-19
Duration:100 min
Director:Claudio Guzmán
Actors:Peter Fonda, Maud Adams, Billy Dee Williams, Keir Dullea, Britt Ekland
Production:Sandrews, The Jerry Leider Company

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.

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