Main Cast: William Shatner, Hal Holbrook, Van Johnson, Ava Gardner, Miguel Fernandes
Release Year: 1980
Country: CA/US
Run Time: 113 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
After Third World terrorists abduct the Commander-in-Chief, it's up to Secret Service head William Shatner to get him back in this thriller based on a novel by Charles Templeton. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide
Cindy Girling - Linda Steiner; Michael J. Reynolds - MacKenzie; Elizabeth Shepherd - Joan Scott; Gary Reineke - Deitrich; Maury Chaykin - Harvey Cannon; Patrick Brymer; Jackie Burroughs; Larry Duran; Michael Fairman; Chapelle Jaffe; Nick Mancuso; Murray Westgate - Archie Standler; Mike Kane - Herb Morris; John Stocker; Elias Zarou
Credit
Douglas Higgins - Art Director, Gerry Arbeid - First Assistant Director, George Mendeluk - Director, Michael McLaverty - Editor, Paul Zaza - Composer (Music Score), Michael Molloy - Cinematographer, George Mendeluk - Producer, John Ryan - Producer, Peter Hutchinson - Special Effects, Richard Albain - Special Effects, Douglas Ganton - Sound/Sound Designer, Nolan Roberts - Sound/Sound Designer, Mike Hoogenboom - Sound/Sound Designer, Richard Murphy - Screenwriter, Charles Templeton - Book Author
The Kidnapping of the President is a 1980 political thriller film made by Presidential Films and Sefel Films and distributed by Crown International Pictures. It was produced and directed by George Mendeluk and co-produced by John Ryan from a screenplay by Richard Murphy and Charles Templeton, based on Templeton's novel. The original music was by Nash the Slash and Paul Zaza and the cinematography by Mike Molloy.
