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Ron Howard directed this thriller which stars Mel Gibson as Tom Mullen, a former fighter pilot who built a ramshackle one-plane airline into a major multinational service fleet. Mullen has a multi-million dollar fortune, a beautiful wife, Kate (Rene Russo) and a nine-year-old son, Sean (Brawley Nolte) that he dotes on. However, Mullen's life comes crashing down around him when Sean is kidnapped. The FBI are called in, but Mullen is wary -- he was the recent target of an FBI investigation in which he was found to have bribed union officials while negotiating a contract. FBI Agent Hawkins (Delroy Lindo) advises Mullen to make the 2 million dollar drop to pay the kidnappers, which will make it easier to track the criminals, but when the tradeoff goes wrong, Mullen takes a new tactic -- he goes on television and offers a 2 million bounty for the heads of the people who kidnapped his child. Meanwhile, it becomes clear the kidnappers include Maris Connor (Lili Taylor), who once worked for the Mullens, and Jimmy Shaker (Gary Sinise), one of the cops who investigated Mullen for bribery. This remake of the 1956 Glenn Ford vehicle of the same name was scripted by Richard Price, who has a bit part as a police detective.
Original Release
11/08/1996
US Release
11/08/1996
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Mel Gibson | Tom Mullen |
Rene Russo | Kate Mullen / Katherine Mullen |
Brawley Nolte | Sean Mullen |
Gary Sinise | Det. Jimmy Shaker |
Delroy Lindo | Agent Lonnie Hawkins |
Lili Taylor | Maris Conner / Maris |
Liev Schreiber | Clark Barnes |
Donnie Wahlberg | Cubby Barnes |
Evan Handler | Miles Roberts |
Nancy Ticotin | Agent Kimba Welch |
Directors
Writers
Cyril Hume, Richard Maibaum, Richard Price, Alexander Ignon
Cast
Name | Character |
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Mel Gibson | Tom Mullen |
Rene Russo | Kate Mullen / Katherine Mullen |
Brawley Nolte | Sean Mullen |
Gary Sinise | Det. Jimmy Shaker |
Delroy Lindo | Agent Lonnie Hawkins |
Lili Taylor | Maris Conner / Maris |
Liev Schreiber | Clark Barnes |
Donnie Wahlberg | Cubby Barnes |
Evan Handler | Miles Roberts |
Nancy Ticotin | Agent Kimba Welch |
Michael Gaston | Agent Jack Sickler |
Kevin Neil McCready | Agent Paul Rhodes |
Paul Guilfoyle | Wallace |
Allen Bernstein | Bob Stone |
José Zúñiga | David Torres |
Dan Hedaya | Jackie Brown |
Iraida Polanco | Fatima |
John Ortiz | Roberto |
Mike Hodge | Man at Party |
Paul Geier | Mayor Barresi |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Todd Hallowell | Executive Producer |
Brian Grazer | Producer |
Kip Hagopian | Producer |
Reba Merrill | Producer |
Susan Merzbach | Producer |
Aldric La'auli Porter | Producer |
Scott Rudin | Producer |
Adam Schroeder | Producer |
Louisa Velis | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1997 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama | Nominated |