The Hostage (film)
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The Hostage is a 1967
Crown International
low-budget motion picture
starring Don O'Kelly
, James Almanzar and Joanne Brown
, with Leland Brown, John Carradine
, and Harry Dean Stanton
.
The film was directed by Russell S. Doughten Jr. It was adapted for the screen by Robert Laning, based on the 1959
novel
The Hostage by Henry Farrell
.
When it was made, Don O'Kelly was a TV
actor
. His career was cut short when he died shortly after making this movie. This was one of Harry Dean Stanton's earliest films.
The plot centers on a young boy who becomes a hostage after he is accidentally closed inside a moving van.
1967 in film
The year 1967 in film involved some significant events. It is widely considered as one of the most ground-breaking years in film.-Events:* December 26 - The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour airs on British television....
Crown International
Crown International Pictures
Crown International Pictures is an independent film studio formed in 1959 by Newton P. Jacobs Jacobs was a former branch head of RKO Pictures until 1947 when he formed his own company "Favorite Films"; a film releasing organisation. Jacobs became one of the first franchises for showing American...
low-budget motion picture
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
starring Don O'Kelly
Don O'Kelly
Don O'Kelly, was an American actor prominent in the 1950s and 1960s. Though credited as "Don Kelly" in earlier performances, his billing was changed to "Don O'Kelly" in 1960.-Background:...
, James Almanzar and Joanne Brown
Joanne Brown
Joanne Brown is a former softball catcher and outfielder from Australia, who won a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics....
, with Leland Brown, John Carradine
John Carradine
John Carradine was an American actor, best known for his roles in horror films and Westerns as well as Shakespearean theater. A member of Cecil B DeMille's stock company and later John Ford's company, he was one of the most prolific character actors in Hollywood history...
, and Harry Dean Stanton
Harry Dean Stanton
Harry Dean Stanton is an American actor, musician, and singer. Stanton's career has spanned over fifty years, which has seen him star in such films as Paris, Texas, Kelly's Heroes, Dillinger, Alien, Repo Man, The Last Temptation of Christ, Wild at Heart, The Green Mile and The Pledge...
.
The film was directed by Russell S. Doughten Jr. It was adapted for the screen by Robert Laning, based on the 1959
1959 in literature
The year 1959 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:*April 30 - Theatrical première of Bertolt Brecht's Saint Joan of the Stockyards, originally performed on radio in 1932....
novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
The Hostage by Henry Farrell
Henry Farrell
Henry Farrell was an American novelist and screenwriter, best known as the author of the renowned gothic horror story What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, which was made into a film starring Bette Davis and Joan Crawford.-Life and work:He was born Charles Farrell Myers in California, and grew up in...
.
When it was made, Don O'Kelly was a TV
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
. His career was cut short when he died shortly after making this movie. This was one of Harry Dean Stanton's earliest films.
The plot centers on a young boy who becomes a hostage after he is accidentally closed inside a moving van.