Genre: | Drama |
Director: | Bernard McEveety |
Starring: | Sharon Acker Cameron Mitchell Vic Morrow Bradford Dillman Belinda Montgomery |
Theme Music Composer: | Fred Karlin |
Country: | United States |
Language: | English |
Producer: | Andrew J. Fenady |
Editor: | Melvin Shapiro |
Cinematography: | Matthew F. Leonetti |
Runtime: | 100 min. |
Company: | Andrew J. Fenady Productions MGM Television |
Network: | CBS |
The Hostage Heart is a 1977 American made-for-television drama film directed by Bernard McEveety, written by Andrew J. Fenady, and based on Gerald Green's novel. It premiered on Friday, September 9, 1977, on CBS.[1]
Terrorists take over the operating room where a billionaire is having coronary bypass surgery and demand a $10 million ransom.
Sharon Acker and Bradford Dillman were cast in June 1977. A registered nurse supervised the medical scenes.[2]