Ransom! (1956)
When that phone rings --
A wealthy business man stuns his wife and town with a televised response to his son's kidnappers.
- Date of release
- 1956-01-24
- TMDB
- 7.2 / 10 (37)
- Runtime
- 1h 49m
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Director
- Alex Segal
Casting
- Glenn Ford — David G. 'Dave' Stannard
- Donna Reed — Edith Stannard
- Leslie Nielsen — Charlie Telfer
- Juano Hernández — Jesse Chapman aka Uncle Jesse
- Robert Keith — Police Chief Jim Backett
- Richard Gaines — Langly
- Mabel Albertson — Mrs. Partridge
- Alexander Scourby — Dr. Paul Y. Gorman
- Lori March — Elizabeth Stannard
- Bobby Clark — Andrew "Andy" Stannard
- Robert Burton — Sheriff Jake Kessing
- Juanita Moore — Shirley Lorraine
Interesting facts
Ransom! is a 1956 American crime drama film about the kidnapping of the son of a wealthy couple. Written by Richard Maibaum and Cyril Hume, the film is based on a popular 1954 episode of The United States Steel Hour titled "Fearful Decision" starring Ralph Bellamy.
Production
The film was based on a television play by Richard Maibaum and Cyril Hume which Maibaum called "probably the best thing Cyril and I ever did." They turned it into a stage play which was not produced, but the television play sold to MGM for $85,000. Maibaum and Hume wrote the script.
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