Sweet Hostage (1975)

Directed by

Lee Philips

Genre

drama film, romance film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 33m

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 12 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man kidnaps a young woman and holds her captive in a remote New Mexico cabin. Their relationship becomes complicated as they spend time alone together.

talkyslowmelodramatictensesomberrestraineddatedintimate

What happens

Sweet Hostage is a 1975 American made-for-television drama film based on the novel Welcome to Xanadu by Nathaniel Benchley. The film stars Linda Blair and Martin Sheen. It was filmed in Taos County, New Mexico. It was featured in ABC's Friday Night Movie series. Film and television critic Leonard Maltin rated the movie as "Average" in his biennial ratings guide TV Movies. In his capsule review, Maltin said "the performances by Sheen and Blair almost made this talky adaptation of the Nathaniel Benchley novel worthwhile". The film was only a moderate success in the Nielsen ratings, and failed to generate the type of provocative press which was then-standard for a Linda Blair movie. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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