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Hostages

6.119921h 36mMovieDramaTV Movie

True account of the six men held hostage by religious extremists in Beirut during the Reagan-Bush era.

DirectorDavid Wheatley
WriterBernard MacLaverty
ProducersColin Callender·Sita Williams

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Cast · Directed by David Wheatley

KBKathy Bates
Kathy Bates
Peggy Say
CFColin Firth
Colin Firth
John McCarthy
CHCiarán Hinds
Ciarán Hinds
Brian Keenan
NRNatasha Richardson
Natasha Richardson
Jill Morrell
JSJay O. Sanders
Jay O. Sanders
Terry Anderson
JSJosef Sommer
Josef Sommer
Tom Sutherland
HSHarry Dean Stanton
Harry Dean Stanton
Frank Reed
SDStephen Dillane
Stephen Dillane
Chris Pearson
TDTony Doyle
Tony Doyle
Badraig Murphy
CSColin Stinton
Colin Stinton
Mike Mulholland
RLRosaleen Linehan
Rosaleen Linehan
Brenda Gilham
RMRuth McCabe
Ruth McCabe
Elaine Spence

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