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Sweet Hostage is a american film of genre Drama directed by Lee Philips released in USA on 10 october 1975 with Linda Blair

Sweet Hostage (1975)

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Released in USA 10 october 1975
Length 1h33
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Romance
Rating67% 3.3911953.3911953.3911953.3911953.391195

Sweet Hostage is a 1975 American romantic 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.

Synopsis

Leonard Hatch (Martin Sheen), a fugitive mental patient, kidnaps Doris Mae Withers (Linda Blair), a semi-illiterate farm girl, and takes her away to his remote mountain cabin. There the poetic Leonard becomes her teacher, friend, and lover.

Actors

Linda Blair

(Doris Mae Withers)Martin Sheen

(Leonard Hatch)Jeanne Cooper

(Mrs. Withers)Lee de Broux

(Sheriff Emmet)Bert Remsen

(Mr. Withers)Dehl Berti

(Harry Fox)
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