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Held Hostage: The Sis and Jerry Levin Story

Held Hostage: The Sis and Jerry Levin Story

1991•1h 36m•7.0/10
DramaTV Movie

Ratings

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7.0/10(1)

Based on the real-life experiences of Sis Levin, the wife of CNN Reporter Jerry Levin, who was taken hostage in Lebanon by Shiite Fundamentalists in 1984, and her struggle to free him.

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Production

Carol Polakoff Productions Inc.

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Marlo Thomas

Marlo Thomas

Lucille 'Sis' Levin

David Dukes

David Dukes

Jerry Levin

William Schallert

William Schallert

Landrum Bolling

G.W. Bailey

G.W. Bailey

Brother

Gila Almagor

Gila Almagor

Nuhad

Chaim Banai

Chaim Banai

Ghannoum (as Haim Banai)

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