Held Hostage: The Sis and Jerry Levin Story

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Held Hostage: The Sis and Jerry Levin Story

1991

1h 36m

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Based on the real-life experiences of Sis Levin, the wife of CNN Reporter Jerry Levin, who was taken hostage in Lebanon by Shiite Fundamentalists in 1984, and her struggle to free him.

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6 members

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Marlo Thomas

Lucille 'Sis' Levin

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David Dukes

Jerry Levin

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William Schallert

Landrum Bolling

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G.W. Bailey

Brother

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Gila Almagor

Nuhad

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Chaim Banai

Ghannoum (as Haim Banai)

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