Ransom

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Ransom

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

1977

1h 30m

6.4(11 votes)

Crime

Thriller

Overview

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.

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9 members

Acting

Oliver Reed

Nick McCormick

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Deborah Raffin

Cindy Simmons

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James Mitchum

Tracker

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Stuart Whitman

William Whitaker

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John Ireland

Chief Haliburton

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Paul Koslo

Victor

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Julienne Wells

Floozy

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Kim Hopkins

Allisa

Camera

Arch Archambault

Inspector Davey

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