Hostage

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A hostage is a person or entity held by a captor.

Hostage or The Hostage may also refer to:

In film:

• The Hostage (film), a 1967 film starring Don O'Kelly
• The Hostages, a 1975 British adventure film directed by David Eady
• The Three Hostages (film), a 1977 British television film directed by Clive Donner and based on the John Buchan thriller of the same name
• Hostages (film), a 1993 HBO film starring Kathy Bates and Colin Firth, based on the Lebanon hostage crisis
• The Hostage (1998 film), an action film featuring Ted Prior
• Hostage (film), a 2005 thriller starring Bruce Willis

In literature:

• Hostage (novel), a novel by Robert Crais, basis for the 2005 film
• The Hostage (play), a 1958 play by Brendan Behan
• The Hostage (1959 novel), a novel by Henry Farrell, basis for the 1967 film
• The Hostage, a short story by C. S. Forester
• "The Hostage" (ballad) (German: "Die Bürgschaft"), a 1798 ballad by Friedrich Schiller
• The Three Hostages, a 1924 novel by John Buchan, basis for the above film

In music:

• Hostage (album), an album by Resurrection Band
• ""The Hostage" (song)", a song by Donna Summer
• "The Hostage (Tom Paxton song)", a song about the Attica Prison riots, written by Tom Paxton, and most famously recorded by Judy Collins
• "Hostage", a song by Mike Oldfield from Earth Moving
• Hostage, a House Music artist from Scotland.

In other uses:

• Hostages (video game), 1988 video game by Infogrames
• Hostage (CSI: NY episode)

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