Ransom is a 1975 film starring Sean Connery and Ian McShane and directed by Finnish director Caspar Wrede. The plot concerned a group of terrorists who try and extract a large sum of money from two governments. It was marketed as The Terrorists in some countries. It should not be confused with Ransom! an earlier 1956 film with the same title, or Ransom a 1996 remake of that film starring Mel Gibson. A small group of terrorists have seized the British ambassador to the fictitious country of "Scandinavia", and are holding him hostage in his residence. Scandinavia's head of security, Col. Nils... Tahlvik , wants to take an uncompromising position, but he is overruled by the governments of both Scandinavia and Britain, who insist that all of the terrorist's demands be met. A passenger airplane arriving at the airport of Scandinavia's capital city is hijacked by another small group of terrorists, led by Ray Petrie . The airplane ends up parked on an isolated taxiway, and Petrie demands that he be put in touch with Martin Shepherd , leader of the group holding the British ambassador hostage.
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| Release date: | March 13, 1975 |
| Directed by: | Caspar Wrede |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 89 Minutes |
| Music by: | Jerry Goldsmith |
| Cinematography: | Sven Nykvist |
| Genre: | Action, Thriller |