Million Dollar Ransom

Million Dollar Ransom

He had himself kidnapped to save the woman he loved!

NR 1934 · 70 min · ★ 5.0 · Drama

To stop his mother from marrying a man he doesn't like, a young millionaire hires an ex-con in helping him fake his own kidnaping.

Directed by Murray Roth · Written by William R. Lipman

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