The Hostage Tower
1000 feet above Paris, a group of Master Criminals play a game of death.
1980 · 1h 40m · N/A
Crime, Thriller
Directed by
Claudio Guzmán
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.
Director and cast
- Claudio Guzmán Director
- Peter Fonda as Mike Graham
- Maud Adams as Sabrina Carver
- Billy Dee Williams as Clarence Whitlock
- Keir Dullea as Mr. Smith
- Britt Ekland as Leah
- Rachel Roberts as Sonya
- Douglas Fairbanks Jr. as Malcolm Philpott
- Celia Johnson as Mrs. Wheeler
- Jack Lenoir as Claude
- André Oumansky as Pei
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