Main Cast: Burt Reynolds, Charles Durning, Keith Carradine, Michael Blue, David Rasche
Release Year: 1999
Run Time: 89 minutes
Plot
Produced for the TNT cable network, this is the last in a short series of TV movies starring Burt Reynolds as retired police detective Logan McQueen. Something of a bargain-basement Die Hard, the plot is set in motion when a disturbed, vengeance-seeking Vietnam veteran named Arlin Flynn (Keith Carradine) takes over the landmark California hotel where congressman Robert Sinclair (David Rasche) is delivering a speech, then kidnaps Sinclair's family. The situation becomes personal for maverick former cop McQueen when his ex-partner Charlie Duffy (Charles Durning) is also kidnapped while trying to negotiate with Flynn. Despite the many deadly booby traps set in and around the besieged hotel by the crazed but clever villain, McQueen endeavors to defuse the crisis and rescue the hostages himself. Directed by longtime Burt Reynolds crony Hal Needham, Hostage Hotel first aired November 14, 1999. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Ted McGinley - FBI Agent Hopkins; Elizabeth Dennehy - Susan Sinclair; Richard Riehle - Capt. Rich Walters; Danielle Harris - Justine Sinclair; Spencer Garrett - Miles McCurdy; Debra Christofferson - Ricki Stewart; Tony Plana - Mayor; Andi Chapman - FBI Agent Green; Ja'net DuBois - Lefty; Kevin Durand - Kenny; Jack Sheldon - Trumpet; Jack Wallace - Sy Harkin; Tony Rizzoli - Lou Verve; Lorand Parenteau - Furst; Rob Brownstein - Eric Gordon; Gary R. Wordham - Gary; Frank Sharp - Jeff; Richard Butler - Fire Marshal Frank; Nathalie Huot - Rita
Credit
Hal Needham - Director, Glenn Farr - Editor, Larry Levinson - Executive Producer, Robert Halmi, Jr. - Executive Producer, Michael Smeaton - Executive Producer, Snuff Garrett - Composer (Music Score), Clarke Rigsby - Composer (Music Score), Kevin Stoller - Composer (Music Score), Suzette Ervin - Production Designer, Eyal Gordin - Cinematographer, Stephen Bridgewater - Producer, David S. Cass, Sr. - Producer, Ken Clark - Stunts, Steven H. Berman - Screenwriter, Keith Rogers - Re-Recording Mixer
