Held for Ransom (2000 film)

Held for Ransom is a 2000 direct-to-video thriller film starring Dennis Hopper, Zachery Ty Bryan, Morgan Fairchild and Debi Mazar. It was directed and written by Lee Stanley based on the novel by Lois Duncan.^[2][3]

Held for Ransom
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Directed by	Lee Stanley
Written by	Lois Duncan Lee Stanley Nickolas Perry
Produced by	Randall Emmett George Furla
Starring	Dennis Hopper Zachary Ty Bryan
Cinematography	Steve Adcock
Edited by	Danny Saphire
Production company	Emmett/Furla Films
Distributed by	Blockbuster Video
Release date	November 14, 2000 (2000-11-14)
Running time	88 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$5 Million [1]

Plot

Five spoiled high-school students are kidnapped and held for ransom in a remote swamp area.

Cast

• Dennis Hopper as J.D.
• Zachery Ty Bryan as Glenn Kirtland
• Kam Heskin as Jesse McCormick
• Tsianina Joelson as Marianne
• Jordan Brower as Bruce Kirtland
• Randy Spelling as Dexter
• Paul Dillon as John
• Morgan Fairchild as Mrs. Kirtland
• John Getz as Mr. Kirtland
• Timothy Bottoms as Fred Donavan
• Debi Mazar as Rita
• Joan Van Ark as Nancy Donovan
• Tyler Kuhn as Randy Donovan
• Shelly Burch as Mrs. McCormick
• Robert Noble as Mrs. Godfrey
• Keith MacKechnie as Detective Van Bommel
• David Siegel as Crime Scene Detective
• Russell Warner as Officer Matthews
• J.D. Husocki as Officer Bronson
• Joe Hess as Swamp Man #1
• Thomas Rosales, Jr. as Swamp Man #2

Production

It was filmed over three weeks 1999 in the Everglades, Miami and Orlando Disney's MGM studios and surrounding areas.