The Ransom
The demand is simple...$5,000,000 or the whole town dies!
1977 · 1h 30m · PG
Crime, Thriller
Directed by
Richard Compton
Overview
A Native American travels around a resort town, murdering cops and rich people with a high-powered crossbow, while demanding that the town's richest residents pay him money to stop the killings.
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