Ransom! (1956)

January 24, 1956 (US) • Crime, Drama, Thriller • 109m

Overview

A wealthy business man stuns his wife and town with a televised response to his son's kidnappers.

Director

Alex Segal

Writers

Cyril Hume, Richard Maibaum

Top Billed

Glenn Ford

Keywords

ransom kidnapping child kidnapping phone call 1950s wealthy couple child abduction

Where to watch

Free / Included

TBS

Top Billed Cast

Glenn Ford

David G. 'Dave' Stannard

Donna Reed

Edith Stannard

Leslie Nielsen

Charlie Telfer

Juano Hernández

Jesse Chapman aka Uncle Jesse

Robert Keith

Police Chief Jim Backett

Richard Gaines

Langly

Mabel Albertson

Mrs. Partridge

Alexander Scourby

Dr. Paul Y. Gorman

Lori March

Elizabeth Stannard

Bobby Clark

Andrew "Andy" Stannard

Robert Burton

Sheriff Jake Kessing

Juanita Moore

Shirley Lorraine

Ainslie Pryor

Al Stannard

Olan Soule

Bank Clerk

Charles Herbert

Butchie Ritter

Art Lewis

Newsman

Dick Rich

Sgt. Wenzel

Peter Adams

George Portalis (uncredited)

Paul Brinegar

Bank Clerk (uncredited)

Jack Daly

Sidewalk Onlooker (uncredited)

George Dunn

Bank Clerk (uncredited)

Jack Gargan

Chauffeur (uncredited)

Sol Gorss

Officer (uncredited)

Alan Harris

Telephone Employee (uncredited)

Billy Nelson

Angry Man in Fight (uncredited)

Hal Taggart

Sidewalk Onlooker (uncredited)

Leon Tyler

TV Assistant Director (uncredited)

Dale Van Sickel

Policeman in Phone Booth (uncredited)

Allen Jaffe

Townsman (uncredited)

James Conaty

Bank Teller (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum

Townsman in Crowd (uncredited)

George Ford

Guard (uncredited)

Sig Frohlich

Good Humor Man (uncredited)

Duane Grey

Cop (uncredited)

Sam Harris

Townsman in Crowd (uncredited)

Crew

Alex Segal

Director

Cyril Hume

Screenplay

Richard Maibaum

Screenplay

Nicholas Nayfack

Producer

Jeff Alexander

Original Music Composer

Arthur E. Arling

Director of Photography

Ferris Webster

Editor

Cedric Gibbons

Art Direction

Arthur Lonergan

Art Direction

Richard Pefferle

Set Decoration

Edwin B. Willis

Set Decoration

William Tuttle

Makeup Artist

Sydney Guilaroff

Hairstylist

Will Beitel

Orchestrator

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Ransom! (1956)

Cyril Hume, Richard Maibaum

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