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      Cry Terror

      1958 1h 36m Mystery & Thriller List
      Reviews 35% Fewer than 50 Ratings Audience Score Jim Molnar (James Mason) watches as the news unfolds about two airplane bomb threats. He realizes he's been tricked into creating those bombs by ex-Army buddy Paul Hoplin (Rod Steiger), who is determined to extort half a million dollars from the airlines. After kidnapping Jim, his wife, Joan (Inger Stevens), and their daughter, Paul forces Joan to go collect the money. While she's escorted by a thug (Neville Brand) across New York, Jim and his daughter are held hostage, fighting for their lives. Read More Read Less

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      deke p ALL STAR CAST, 5or6 big names! High tension and drama. Prescient in that this 1950s movie featured demand for money or BOMB aboard a passenger plane would be detonated. But that was almost forgot as the plot became more of a kidnap/hostage/ransom delivery plot. Very interesting and involved. But 1950s style movies often do not age well, and this one suffers from studio settings in rooms and often melodramatic. Saw the whole on the tv set 6.30.2022 Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Ed M Mediocre movie. Shame because it's a great cast: James Mason, Rod Steiger, Jack Klugman, Angie Dickinson. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 06/06/22 Full Review Audience Member another terror in the air movie. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Solid thriller about 50's version of terrorism has Fabulous Cast--Exceptionally taut and well-acted thriller!! Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Audience Member Quality suspenser with James Mason and Inger Stevens the parents of a kidnapped child held for ransom. Taut scripting and direction and excellent performances from the all but particularly Inger make this very involving. Angie is a hissable villianess to bad she didn't get to play that aspect more. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Clyde Gilmour Maclean's Magazine [A] crisp, tightly plotted suspense thriller. It was written, directed and co-produced by the versatile Andrew L. Stone, who knows how to combine tension and plausibility. Oct 14, 2019 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews An ill-conceived attempt at making a realistic thriller about a mad bomber extorting money in a terrorist plot. Rated: C+ Aug 31, 2014 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis Jim Molnar (James Mason) watches as the news unfolds about two airplane bomb threats. He realizes he's been tricked into creating those bombs by ex-Army buddy Paul Hoplin (Rod Steiger), who is determined to extort half a million dollars from the airlines. After kidnapping Jim, his wife, Joan (Inger Stevens), and their daughter, Paul forces Joan to go collect the money. While she's escorted by a thug (Neville Brand) across New York, Jim and his daughter are held hostage, fighting for their lives.
      Director
      Andrew L. Stone
      Production Co
      Andrew L. Stone Productions
      Genre
      Mystery & Thriller
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Mar 10, 2017
      Runtime
      1h 36m
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