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Hostage for a Day
Hostage for a Day
Hostage for a Day
1994
Comedy, Fantasy
TV Movie
1h 35m
Warren Kooey is a man who's tired of his current life; a witch of a wife, a boss who complains about everything he does and looses his lifesavings (stolen by the wife). He has only one thing on his mind: Alaska... (imdb)
Directed by:
John Candy
50 total credits
John Franklin Candy was a Canadian actor and comedian. He rose to fame as a member of the Toronto, Ontario branch of The Second City, its related Second City Television series, and in his role in comedy films such as Stripes, Splash, Cool Runnings, The Great Outdoors, and Uncle Buck. One of his most renowned onscreen performances was that of Del Griffith, the loquacious, on the move shower curtain ring salesman in the John Hughes comedy Planes, Trains and Automobiles...(Wikipedia)
Writers:
Pj Torokvei
3 total credits
Credits include: Guarding Tess, Hostage for a Day and A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes
Starring:
George Wendt
52 total credits
Credits include: Forever Young, Fletch, I Lost My Body, House and Dreamscape
12 total credits
Credits include: Brain Candy, Switching Goals, EXmas, Run This Town and Superstarlet A.D.
50 total credits
John Franklin Candy was a Canadian actor and comedian. He rose to fame as a member of the Toronto, Ontario branch of The Second City, its related Second City Television series, and in his role in comedy films such as Stripes, Splash, Cool Runnings, The Great Outdoors, and Uncle Buck. One of his most renowned onscreen performances was that of Del Griffith, the loquacious, on the move shower curtain ring salesman in the John Hughes comedy Planes, Trains and Automobiles...(Wikipedia)
72 total credits
John Vernon was a prolific stage-trained Canadian character player who made a career out of convincingly playing crafty villains, morally-bankrupt officials and heartless authority figures in American films and television since the 1960s. Vernon has been directed by some stellar filmmakers including Alfred Hitchcock (Topaz (1969)); George Cukor (Justine (1969)); Don Siegel (Dirty Harry (1971)) and Clint Eastwood (The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976))...(imdb)
8 total credits
Credits include: Webs, Witchboard III: The Possession, The Lost World, Hostage for a Day and Straight Line
26 total credits
Credits include: Assault on Precinct 13, Pompeii, Cabin Fever: Patient Zero, Murder in the First and Born a Champion
3 total credits
Credits include: He Never Died, Direct Action and Hostage for a Day
4 total credits
Credits include: Hostage for a Day, Balance of Power, Power Pack, Come the Apocalypse and Days Of Future Past Part I
13 total credits
Credits include: Groundhog Day, Club Paradise, Stuart Saves His Family, Blue Monkey and Only You
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Directed by:
John Candy 50 total credits
John Franklin Candy was a Canadian actor and comedian. He rose to fame as a member of the Toronto, Ontario branch of The Second City, its related Second City Television series, and in his role in comedy films such as Stripes, Splash, Cool Runnings, The Great Outdoors, and Uncle Buck. One of his most renowned onscreen performances was that of Del Griffith, the loquacious, on the move shower curtain ring salesman in the John Hughes comedy Planes, Trains and Automobiles...(Wikipedia)
Writers:
Pj Torokvei 3 total credits
Credits include: Guarding Tess, Hostage for a Day and A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes
Starring:
George Wendt 52 total credits
Credits include: Forever Young, Fletch, I Lost My Body, House and Dreamscape
12 total credits
Credits include: Brain Candy, Switching Goals, EXmas, Run This Town and Superstarlet A.D.
50 total credits
John Franklin Candy was a Canadian actor and comedian. He rose to fame as a member of the Toronto, Ontario branch of The Second City, its related Second City Television series, and in his role in comedy films such as Stripes, Splash, Cool Runnings, The Great Outdoors, and Uncle Buck. One of his most renowned onscreen performances was that of Del Griffith, the loquacious, on the move shower curtain ring salesman in the John Hughes comedy Planes, Trains and Automobiles...(Wikipedia)
72 total credits
John Vernon was a prolific stage-trained Canadian character player who made a career out of convincingly playing crafty villains, morally-bankrupt officials and heartless authority figures in American films and television since the 1960s. Vernon has been directed by some stellar filmmakers including Alfred Hitchcock (Topaz (1969)); George Cukor (Justine (1969)); Don Siegel (Dirty Harry (1971)) and Clint Eastwood (The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976))...(imdb)
8 total credits
Credits include: Webs, Witchboard III: The Possession, The Lost World, Hostage for a Day and Straight Line
26 total credits
Credits include: Assault on Precinct 13, Pompeii, Cabin Fever: Patient Zero, Murder in the First and Born a Champion
3 total credits
Credits include: He Never Died, Direct Action and Hostage for a Day
4 total credits
Credits include: Hostage for a Day, Balance of Power, Power Pack, Come the Apocalypse and Days Of Future Past Part I
13 total credits
Credits include: Groundhog Day, Club Paradise, Stuart Saves His Family, Blue Monkey and Only You
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