Kings and Desperate Men

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Kings and Desperate Men

"No one will ever forget it."

1981

1h 53m

3.0(1 votes)

Drama

Thriller

Overview

A group of terrorists take a radio disk jockey and his wife and child hostage in order to get their manifesto out to the world.

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15 members

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Patrick McGoohan

John Kingsley

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Alexis Kanner

Lucas Miller

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Andrea Marcovicci

Barbara

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Margaret Trudeau

Elizabeth Kingsley

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Budd Knapp

Judge Stephen McManus

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Neil Vipond

Henry Sutton

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Peter MacNeill

George

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Jean-Pierre Brown

Chris Kingsley

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Directing

Robin Spry

Harry Gibson

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Frank Moore

Pete

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Kevin Fenlon

Laz

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David Patrick

Grant Gillespie

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August Schellenberg

Stanley Aldini

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Kate Nash

Mrs. McPherson

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Frederic Smith

Bolton

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