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Held Hostage: The Sis and Jerry Levin Story

  • TV Movie
  • 1991
  • 1h 36m
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6.4/10
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Held Hostage: The Sis and Jerry Levin Story (1991)
Drama

Based on the real-life experiences of Sis Levin, the wife of CNN Reporter Jerry Levin, who was taken hostage in Lebanon by Shiite Fundamentalists in 1984, and her struggle to free him.Based on the real-life experiences of Sis Levin, the wife of CNN Reporter Jerry Levin, who was taken hostage in Lebanon by Shiite Fundamentalists in 1984, and her struggle to free him.Based on the real-life experiences of Sis Levin, the wife of CNN Reporter Jerry Levin, who was taken hostage in Lebanon by Shiite Fundamentalists in 1984, and her struggle to free him.

  • Director
    • Roger Young
  • Writer
    • Anne Brittany
  • Stars
    • Gila Almagor
    • Na'ama Amrani
    • G.W. Bailey
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.4/10
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    • Director
      • Roger Young
    • Writer
      • Anne Brittany
    • Stars
      • Gila Almagor
      • Na'ama Amrani
      • G.W. Bailey
    • 1User review
    • 1Critic review
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    Gila Almagor
    Gila Almagor
    • Nuhad
    Na'ama Amrani
    G.W. Bailey
    G.W. Bailey
    • Brother
    Mohammad Bakri
    Mohammad Bakri
      Chaim Banai
      Chaim Banai
      • Ghannoum
      • (as Haim Banai)
      Shmil Ben Ari
      Shmil Ben Ari
      Virginia Bingham
      Suzanne Q. Burdeau
      Terry Burns
      Michael Cavanaugh
      Michael Cavanaugh
      • Kaplan
      Eli Dor-Haim
        Michael Downs
        • Schumacher
        David Dukes
        David Dukes
        • Jerry Levin
        William Eckert
        Tomer Even
        • as Tomer Even
        Tom Fuccello
        Robert Harper
        Robert Harper
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        Albert Iluz
        Albert Iluz
        • Director
          • Roger Young
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          • Anne Brittany
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        6azflybaby35

        Middle East Suspense

        This was a based on true story movie - and my husband and I enjoyed it - another find in the $1 bin at Wal-mart. As it says on the box it covers the kidnapping of Mr. Levin in the Middle East and his wife's attempts to free him.

        This movie took many interesting twists and turns. It showed that even then we did not know how to deal with the threat of American's being kidnapped and how much danger we put reporters in to get close to the story. The only thing I was disappointed in was I would have liked a little more back history, on Sis's family (since she and her brother call each other Sis and Brother) and on how Sis and Jerry met. You see her deep love for her husband yet they both seem so different from one another.

        On a side note it was interesting to see Marlo Thomas as a blonde.

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        • Release date
          • January 13, 1991 (United States)
        • Country of origin
          • United States
        • Language
          • English
        • Also known as
          • Secuestrado en Beirut
        • Filming locations
          • Los Angeles, California, USA
        • Production companies
          • Carol Polakoff Productions Inc.
          • Paragon Entertainment
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        • Gross US & Canada
          • $271,327
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        • Runtime
          1 hour 36 minutes
        • Color
          • Color
        • Sound mix
          • Mono
        • Aspect ratio
          • 1.33 : 1

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