''The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro'' is a 1989 American
drama
Drama is the specific Mode (literature), mode of fiction Mimesis, represented in performance: a Play (theatre), play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on Radio drama, radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a g ...
television film
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written and directed by
Robert L. Collins
Robert Lee Collins (June 1, 1930 - October 21, 2011) was an American director and screenwriter. He is the creator of the American police procedural television series ''Police Woman'', which starred Angie Dickinson.
Collins also was about to d ...
. The film stars
Karl Malden
Karl Malden (born Mladen George Sekulovich; March 22, 1912 – July 1, 2009) was an American actor. He was primarily a character actor, who according to Robert Berkvist, "for more than 60 years brought an intelligent intensity and a homespun aut ...
,
Lee Grant
Lee Grant (born Lyova Haskell Rosenthal; October 31, during the mid-1920s) is an American actress, documentarian, and director. She made her film debut in 1951 as a young shoplifter in William Wyler's '' Detective Story'', co-starring Kirk Doug ...
,
E. G. Marshall, and
Vera Miles
Vera June Miles (née Ralston, born August 23, 1929) is an American retired actress who worked closely with Alfred Hitchcock, most notably as Lila Crane in the classic 1960 film ''Psycho'', reprising the role in the 1983 sequel '' Psycho II''. ...
. It focuses on the action and emotional impact of the
1985 terrorist incident that took the life of
Leon Klinghoffer.
Cast
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Karl Malden
Karl Malden (born Mladen George Sekulovich; March 22, 1912 – July 1, 2009) was an American actor. He was primarily a character actor, who according to Robert Berkvist, "for more than 60 years brought an intelligent intensity and a homespun aut ...
as
Leon Klinghoffer
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Lee Grant
Lee Grant (born Lyova Haskell Rosenthal; October 31, during the mid-1920s) is an American actress, documentarian, and director. She made her film debut in 1951 as a young shoplifter in William Wyler's '' Detective Story'', co-starring Kirk Doug ...
as Marilyn Klinghoffer
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E. G. Marshall as Stanley "Stan" Kubacki
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Vera Miles
Vera June Miles (née Ralston, born August 23, 1929) is an American retired actress who worked closely with Alfred Hitchcock, most notably as Lila Crane in the classic 1960 film ''Psycho'', reprising the role in the 1983 sequel '' Psycho II''. ...
as Sophie Kubacki
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Christina Pickles
Christina Pickles (born 17 February 1935) is a British-American actress. She is known for her role as Nurse Helen Rosenthal in the NBC medical drama ''St. Elsewhere'' (1982–1988), for which she received five nominations for the Primetime Em ...
as Charlotte
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Susan Lyons as Ruth
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Robert Mammone as Aldo
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Barry Otto
Barry Otto (born 1941) is an Australian actor, primarily of cinema, and an amateur artist.
Early life
Barry Otto was born in Brisbane in 1941, the son of a butcher. He trained as an artist but switched to acting.
Career
Otto received an AACTA ...
as Kevin
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Neva Small as Lisa
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Monica Trapaga as Ilsa
* Phillip Hinton as Captain De Rosa
* Mohab Boctor as Magid Al-Moqui
* Charles Nassif as Bassam Al-Asker
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John Orcsik as Samir Al-Quantari
* Michael Van Schoor as Ahmed Al-Assadi
* Nabil Hakkim as Abbul Abbas
* Brian Harrison as Ambassador Veliotes
* Tony Helou as Ibrahim Abdelatif
Awards and nominations
References
External links
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1989 films
1989 drama films
1989 television films
1980s English-language films
American films based on actual events
Drama films based on actual events
American drama television films
Films about hostage takings
Films about ship hijackings
Films directed by Robert L. Collins
Films set in 1985
Films set in the Mediterranean Sea
Films set on ships
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NBC network original films
New World Pictures films
Television films based on actual events
1980s American films