When the First Daughter is kidnapped by an African tribe, the President must do what he can to keep them from sacrificing her.
12-25-1980
1h 37m
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Main Cast
Movie Details
Production Info
Director:
Buck Henry
Writer:
Buck Henry
Production:
F.F. Associates, IndieProd Company Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures
Key Crew
Editor:
Susan Martin
Producer:
Daniel Melnick
Choreographer:
Toni Basil
Director of Photography:
Fred J. Koenekamp
Title Designer:
Dan Perri
Locations and Languages
Country:
US
Filming:
US
Languages:
en
Main Cast
Gilda Radner
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As a result, he gained top billing in one of his very first films, House of Blackmail (1953), directed by the veteran filmmaker Maurice Elvey, for whom he also made What Every Woman Wants the following year. He also starred in such minor films as The Stranger Came Home (1954, for Hammer), Dublin Nightmare (1958), Offbeat (1960), Information Received (1961), Incident at Midnight, Ring of Spies and Blind Corner (all 1963). There were also lead roles in four British horror films: Gorgo (1960), Devil Doll (1963), Devils of Darkness (1964) and The Hand of Night (1966). Among his many TV credits were a 1959 BBC version of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar (playing Mark Antony), The Saint, The Baron, The High Chaparral, Harry O and The Six Million Dollar Man.
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