The Penthouse (1989 film) explained

Screenplay:	William Wood Frank De Felitta
Director:	David Greene
Starring:	Robin Givens
Theme Music Composer:	Peter Manning Robinson
Country:	United States Canada
Language:	English
Executive Producer:	David Greene Steve White
Producer:	Harold Lee Tichenor
Editor:	Parkie L. Singh
Cinematography:	René Verzier
Runtime:	93 minutes
Network:	ABC

The Penthouse is a 1989 American-Canadian television film directed by David Greene and starring Robin Givens.^[1] ^[2] It is based on the 1983 novel by Trevor Dudley-Smith.

Plot

The daughter (Robin Givens) of a music mogul (Robert Guillaume) is held hostage in her penthouse by a twisted man (David Hewlett) from her past.

Cast

Robin Givens as Dinah St. Clair
David Hewlett as Joe Dobson
Cedric Smith as Commissioner Warner
Donnelly Rhodes as Lt. Valeri
Robert Guillaume as Eugene St. Clair

Reception

Jeff Jarvis of People graded the film an F.^[3]

Notes and References

News: Hanauer. Joan. 'PENTHOUSE' - GIVENS IS NO KNOCKOUT. 4 March 1989. Deseret News. 6 July 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190706211613/https://www.deseretnews.com/article/37519/PENTHOUSE---GIVENS-IS-NO-KNOCKOUT.html. 6 July 2019. live.
News: Letofsky. Irv. TV Reviews : Robin Givens Scores Split Decision in 'Penthouse'. 4 March 1989. Los Angeles Times. 30 July 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190730235901/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-03-04-ca-168-story.html. 30 July 2019. live.
Jarvis. Jeff. Picks and Pans Review: The Penthouse. 6 March 1989. People. 6 July 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190706211029/https://people.com/archive/picks-and-pans-review-the-penthouse-vol-31-no-9/. 6 July 2019. live.