The Ransom

The Ransom (1977)

The demand is simple...$5,000,000 or the whole town dies!

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.

Date of release
1977-04-29
TMDB
6.2 / 10 (13)
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Crime, Thriller
Director
Richard Compton

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Scottsdale

The Ransom is a 1977 American thriller film directed by Richard Compton and starring Oliver Reed, Deborah Raffin, Stuart Whitman and James Mitchum. It is also known by the alternative titles Assault on Paradise and Maniac.

Production

In a 1978 interview with the Los Angeles Times, co-screenwriter Ronald Silkosky said that the film had been heavily trimmed by New World Pictures prior to release.

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