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The Abduction of Kari Swenson

The Abduction of Kari Swenson

1987TV Movie⏱️ 1h 44mPG
DramaSportThriller
5.8
IMDB Rating
190 votes

Olympic biathlete Kari Swenson is abducted by father-and-son mountain men, planning to start their own mountain colony. This based-on-actual-events tele-movie traces her abduction; search-and-rescue attempts by family, friends and...

Director
Stephen Gyllenhaal
Writers
N/A
Stars
Joe Don Baker, M. Emmet Walsh, Ronny Cox
Release Date
March 8, 1987
Language
English
Country
United States
💬 4
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Joe Don Baker
Joe Don Baker
as Sheriff Onstad
M. Emmet Walsh
M. Emmet Walsh
as Don Nichols
Ronny Cox
Ronny Cox
as Bob Swenson
Michael Bowen
Michael Bowen
as Dan Nichols
Geoffrey Blake
Geoffrey Blake
as Paul Swenson
Dorothy Fielding
Dorothy Fielding
as Jan Swenson
Timothy Scott
Timothy Scott
Tony Frank
Tony Frank
Alan Fudge
Alan Fudge
Sanford Jensen
Sanford Jensen

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Mono
Color
Color
Filming Location
Durango, Colorado, USA
Production
NBC Productions

🏷️ Keywords

the olympic gamestrue crimekidnappingrunningbased on true story

🎯 Categories

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⭐ Featured Review

Unpredictable, uneven, and intriguing, manhunt in Montana ........
by merklekranz2020-01-18
7/10

"Unless you are familiar with the kidnapping event the movie is based on, there are some surprises that you will not see coming. Two mountain men, a father and son, played by M. Emmet Walsh and Michael Bowen, kidnap Olympic athlete Kari Swenson, Tracy Pollan, "because they need a woman" in their Montana mountain lair. They are relentlessly pursued by a Sheriff, Joe Don Baker. The very uneven editing causes the film to constantly be cutting back and forth between the manhunt and Kari Swenson's personal demons from her ordeal. For a TV movie, this is way above average, and special ..."

📖 Synopsis

Olympic biathlete Kari Swenson is abducted by father-and-son mountain men, planning to start their own mountain colony. This based-on-actual-events tele-movie traces her abduction; search-and-rescue attempts by family, friends and...