The Hostage Tower (1980)
A flamboyant master criminal and several specialists stage an audacious scheme to capture the Eiffel Tower and hold as hostage one of its visitors, the U.S. President's mother, while the head of a UN security force tries to stop them.
Director:
Claudio Guzmán
Writer:
Robert Carrington
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Peter Fonda as Mike Graham |
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Maud Adams as Sabrina Carver |
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Billy Dee Williams as Clarence Whitlock |
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Keir Dullea as Mr. Smith |
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Britt Ekland as Leah |
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Rachel Roberts as Sonya |
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Douglas Fairbanks Jr. as Malcolm Philpott |
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Celia Johnson as Mrs. Wheeler |
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Jack Lenoir as Claude |
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André Oumansky as Pei |
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Daniel Perche as Tote |
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Jacques Maury as Poupon |
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Nicolas Vogel as Ducret |
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Hubert Noël as Ducret's Aide |
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Michel Bardinet as Legrain |
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Lyle Joyce as U.S. Ambassador |
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René Roussel as General Jaubert |
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Billy Kearns as General Hornbecker |
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Serge Feuillard as Officer |
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Roger Lumont as Superintendent |
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Jean Michaud as Verner |
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Albert Augier as Albert |
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Mike Marshall as U.S. Guard |
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Uta Taeger as Young German Lady |
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Pierre Semmler as Young German |
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Steve Gadler as U.S. Corporal |
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Philippe Mareuil as Doctor |
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Guy Delorme as Italian Admirer |
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Brian Edward as Pilot |
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Gérard Moisan as Smith's Crew |
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Jean-Louis Paschal as Smith's Crew |
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Joël Venon as Smith's Crew |
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Alain Saugout as Smith's Crew |
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Denis Seurat as Smith's Crew |
| Production | E. Darrell Hallenbeck | Production Manager |
| Directing | Jacques Santi | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Francis de Gueltzl | Second Assistant Director |
| Production | Suzanne Wiesenfeld | Production Manager |
| Sound | Joël Riant | Boom Operator |
| Art | Claude Suné | Set Dresser |
| Sound | Jean-Louis Ducarme | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Jack Kirschner | Sound Editor |
| Art | Jo Jo Iaconelli | Property Master |
| Production | Patrick Gordon | Unit Manager |
| Crew | Charles-Henri Assola | Special Effects |
| Sound | William L. Stevenson | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Production | Pierre Gralhon | Assistant Unit Manager |
| Directing | Claudio Guzmán | Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marie-Madeleine Paris | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Renée Guidet | Hairstylist |
| Production | Joel Morwood | Associate Producer |
| Art | Claudio Guzmán | Production Design |
| Art | Gérard Viard | Set Decoration |
| Writing | Alistair MacLean | Story |
| Production | Peter Snell | Executive Producer |
| Production | Simona Benzakein | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Marie-Thérèse Boiché | Editor |
| Directing | Catherine Prévert | Script Supervisor |
| Camera | Jean Boffety | Director of Photography |
| Production | Burt Nodella | Producer |
| Production | Jerry Leider | Executive Producer |
| Sound | John Scott | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Ronald J. Fagan | Editor |
| Writing | Alistair MacLean | Novel |
| Writing | Robert Carrington | Screenplay |
| Writing | Robert Carrington | Story |