A group of terrorists take a radio disk jockey and his wife and child hostage in order to get their manifesto out to the world.A group of terrorists take a radio disk jockey and his wife and child hostage in order to get their manifesto out to the world.A group of terrorists take a radio disk jockey and his wife and child hostage in order to get their manifesto out to the world.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
Norman Roy
- Special Squad
- (as Normand Roy)
Storyline
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- TriviaThis film was the brainchild of Alexis Kanner. He and Patrick McGoohan met via Kanner's performance in an episode of McGoohan's popular British television show The Prisoner (1967). Kanner worked on the idea and polished it for a few years before finally calling up McGoohan to ask him to star in the film.
- GoofsThe reflection of two crew members are briefly seen just before Margaret Trudeau enters an elevator towards the beginning of the film.
- Quotes
Lucas Miller: When you sign off at the end of your show, you always say, "This is your program"... well I am taking you up on that, Mr. Kingsley.
- Crazy creditsKineversal Productions Presents a Film of a Hostage Incident
- ConnectionsFeatured in In Search of the Prisoner (2001)
Featured review
Totally unacceptable from any angle...
Despite the presence of the usually fascinating Patrick McGoohan, "Kings and Desperate Men" is almost a total failure. From a plot standpoint, the elaborate hostage taking scheme over a comrade's 15 year sentence for vehicular homicide seems unlikely at best and totally unbelievable at worst. The relationship of the hostage takers to the imprisoned criminal is never explained, and a who cares attitude permeates the film. From a technical standpoint, things are even worse. Long segments of dialog are incomprehensible, and the camera-work could only be described as annoying. What you get is a boring movie that will be a form of punishment for almost everyone. - MERK
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- merklekranz
- Sep 21, 2008
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- Kings and Desperate Men: A Hostage Incident
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- Budget
- CA$1,200,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 58 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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By what name was Kings and Desperate Men (1981) officially released in Canada in English?
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