The Hostage Tower

The Hostage Tower

1000 feet above Paris, a group of Master Criminals play a game of death.

1980 · 100 min · ★ 4.8 · Thriller, Crime

A flamboyant master criminal and several specialists stage an audacious scheme to capture the Eiffel Tower and hold as hostage one of its visitors, the U.S. President's mother, while the head of a UN security force tries to stop them.

Directed by Claudio Guzmán · Written by Alistair MacLean

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