''Held for Ransom'' is a 2000 direct-to-video thriller film starring

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Zachery Ty Bryan Zachery Ty Bryan (born October 9, 1981) is an American actor and film producer. He is best known for his role as Brad Taylor on the ABC sitcom ''Home Improvement''. He also appeared in the films ''True Heart'' and '' The Fast and the Furious: To ...

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and

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. It was directed and written by Lee Stanley based on the novel by

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Plot

Five spoiled high-school students are

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and held for

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in a remote

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area.

Cast

as J.D. *

as Glenn Kirtland *

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as Jesse McCormick *

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as Marianne * Jordan Brower as Bruce Kirtland *

Randy Spelling Randall Gene Spelling (born October 9, 1978) is an American life coach and former actor. He is the brother of Tori Spelling and the son of Candy and Aaron Spelling. Early life Spelling was born in Los Angeles. He has an older sister, actress a ...

as Dexter *

Paul Dillon Paul Dillon is an American character actor who began his career in show business in Chicago. His film career began in 1994 with the film '' Blink'' in which he played the role of Neal Booker. He played Paddy O'Brien in '' Austin Powers: Interna ...

as John *

as Mrs. Kirtland *

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as Mr. Kirtland *

Timothy Bottoms Timothy James Bottoms (born August 30, 1951) is an American actor and film producer. He is best known for playing the lead in ''Johnny Got His Gun'' (1971); Sonny Crawford in ''The Last Picture Show'' (1971), where he and his fellow co-stars, Cy ...

as Fred Donavan *

as Rita *

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as Nancy Donovan * Tyler Kuhn as Randy Donovan *

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as Mrs. McCormick * Robert Noble as Mrs. Godfrey * Keith MacKechnie as Detective Van Bommel * David Siegel as Crime Scene Detective * Russell Warner as Officer Matthews * J.D. Husocki as Officer Bronson * Joe Hess as Swamp Man #1 *

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as Swamp Man #2

Production

It was filmed over three weeks 1999 in the

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and

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Disney's MGM studios and surrounding areas.

References

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