Movie
1996
Ransom is a 1996 American action thriller film directed by Ron Howard from a screenplay by Richard Price and Alexander Ignon. The film stars Mel Gibson, Rene Russo, Gary Sinise, Delroy Lindo, Lili Taylor, Brawley Nolte, Liev Schreiber, Donnie Wahlberg and Evan Handler. The plot follows the kidnapping of the son of millionaire Tom Mullen (Gibson), and his subsequent struggle to get him back alive.
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Films have delicate structure. Remove or misplace one marble in the mosaic and the whole things comes crashing down. The best illustration for that could be found in *Ransom*, 1996 thriller directed by Ron Howard. The plot is based on Cyril Hume's and Richard Maibaum's script for little known 1956 film starring Glen Ford (itself based on television play). Protagonist is Tom Mullen (played by Mel Gibson), former figh…More
