Held Hostage: The Sis and Jerry Levin Story (1991)
- Director(s):
- Roger Young
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Synopsis of Held Hostage: The Sis and Jerry Levin Story
Marlo Thomas stars as Lucille "Sis" Levin, whose husband Jerry (David Dukes) is an American TV journalist assigned to Beirut in 1984. Jerry is kidnapped by Muslim fundamentalists, a fact kept off the front pages by the State Department, ostensibly because the publicity could cost Jerry his life. Sis doesn't accept this (she suspects that our government doesn't want to offend the Lebanese government), and arranges on her own to communicate with her husband's captors. Israel stands in for Lebanon for the on-location scenes in Held Hostage: The Sis and Jerry Levin Story. This fact-based TV movie is wholly credible in every aspect save Marlo Thomas' uncertain Southern accent. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of Held Hostage: The Sis and Jerry Levin Story
- David Dukes - Jerry Levin
- Gila Almagor
- Muhammad Bakri
- Avi Keidar
- Edward Winter - Bill Prentiss
- Michael Cavanaugh - Kaplan
- Terry Burns
- Marlo Thomas - Lucille "Sis" Levin
- G.W. Bailey - Brother
- Michael Downs - Schmacher
- William Schallert - Landrum Bolling
- Arnon Zadok - Fahd
- Aviva Marks
- Robert Harper - Moorehead
- Director(s):
- Roger Young
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