Ransom for Alice!

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Ransom for Alice!

1977

1h 18m

9.0(1 votes)

Western

Thriller

TV Movie

Overview

In 1890s Seattle, a deputy marshal and his female partner set out to bust up a ring that kidnaps teenage girls and sells them into prostitution.

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19 members

Acting

Gil Gerard

Clint Kirby

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Yvette Mimieux

Jenny Cullen

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Charles Napier

Pete Phelan

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Laurie Prange

Alice Halliday

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Barnard Hughes

Jess Halliday

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Gavin MacLeod

Yankee Sullivan

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Gene Barry

Harry Darew

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Harris Yulin

Isaac Pratt

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Mills Watson

Toby

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John Durren

Johnson

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Robert Hogan

Whitaker Halliday

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Marc Vahanian

Nick Vithanian

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Anthony James

James

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Virginia Wood

Mrs. Purcell

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Tony Burton

Fish Man

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Kory Lynn

Young Girl

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Claude Johnson

Sgt. Malloy

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Larry Watson

Guard #1

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Barbara Sanford

Hooker #2

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