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24/01/1988 Thriller 1h 33m
70
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Overview

German terrorists kidnap the crew of an aeroplane as they leave the airport. The terrorists demand the release of two of their colleagues, who are to be extradited to the USA. The father of one of the stewardesses decides he can no longer wait for diplomacy, and so flies out to Germany. There, frustration leads him to hire a former SAS counter-terrorism expert. Together they hunt down the terrorists.

  1. John Herzfeld

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Brian Dennehy

    Paul Hobart

  2. Ron Silver

    Max Greenwald

  3. Anthony Valentine

    Vickers

  4. Christoph M. Ohrt

    Wolfgang Donner

  5. Joanna Cassidy

    Barbara Hobart

  6. Helen Patton

    Karen Hobart

  7. Angus MacInnes

    Patterson

  8. Claudia Matschulla

    Ingrid Kleist

  9. Alexander Radszun

    Captain Schilling

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Reviews

A review by kevin2019
Written by kevin2019 on 2024-01-25
"A Father's Revenge" is very reminiscent of the 1976 all-star television production "Victory at Entebbe" and not just because both films have obviously been stymied by the restrictions of a desperately limited budget. They both handle the subject matter in a highly responsible manner instead of following the more well worn and crowd pleasing route of making an all out action movie. What they have managed to produce instead is an involving and convincing film by not doing this that can sometimes take you by surprise with its depiction of extreme human behaviour. It is also a relief that when Pa...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
German

Budget
$120.00

Revenue
$0.00

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