Hostages (film)
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| Directed by | Frank Tuttle |
| Produced by | Sol C. Siegel |
| Written by |
Frank Butler Lester Cole[1] |
| Based on |
Hostages (novel) by Stefan Heym |
| Starring |
Luise Rainer Arturo de Cordova William Bendix Paul Lukas |
| Music by | Victor Young |
| Cinematography | Victor Milner |
| Edited by | Archie Marshek |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Hostages is a war film produced by Paramount Pictures and released in 1943. It was directed by Frank Tuttle from a script by Frank Butler and Lester Cole based on the 1942 novel of the same name by Stefan Heym. The film stars Luise Rainer, Arturo de Cordova, William Bendix and Paul Lukas and features Katina Paxinou and Oskar Homolka.
Plot
A group of 26 Czechoslovakian citizens are jailed as hostages by the Gestapo until the supposed killer of a Nazi officer – who actually committed suicide – is turned in. The hostages include the leader of the underground resistance movement (William Bendix), whose cover is that of an apparently ignorant washroom attendant in the nightclub where the victim was last seen alive.
Cast
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Cast notes:
- Hostages was Luise Rainer's last Hollywood film.[2]
Production
Hostages utilized footage of Prague which was originally shot six years before for the film Bluebeard's Eighth Wife. Eric von Stroheim was originally scheduled to play the part of "Rheinhardt", but had to withdraw in order to film Paramount's Five Graves to Cairo.[3]
References
Notes
- ↑ Reynold Humphries (2008). Hollywood's Blacklists: A Political and Cultural History. Edinburgh University Press. pp. 54–. ISBN 978-0-7486-2455-3. Retrieved 2013-08-04.
Lester Cole, also one of the Ten, wrote two scripts dealing with war subjects: Hostages (1943) and None Shall Escape (1944).
- ↑ "Overview" on Allmovie.com
- ↑ "Notes" on TCM.com
External links
- Hostages at the Internet Movie Database
- Hostages at the TCM Movie Database