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Ransom | Kidnapping
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Film debuts of Leslie Nielsen and Lori March.
The $500,000 ransom in 1956 would equal over $4,800,000 in 2021.
This film was based on The United States Steel Hour: Fearful Decision (1954) (of The United States Steel Hour (1953)) that first aired live on June 22, 1954. It was so well received it was re-staged on the show again (The United States Steel Hour: Fearful Decision (1955)) on May 10, 1955. This film was remade by Ron Howard as Ransom (1996) starring Mel Gibson.
The $25 bonus paid to the bank workers would be about $240 in 2021.
This film was a success at the box office, earning MGM a profit of $336,000 (about $3.25M in 2021) according to studio records.
"David G. Stannard: [home from work 2 hours early, getting intimate with his wife] Now I see why the unemployed have so many children."
"Jesse Chapman: "King David was much moved and thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son, Absalom! Would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!" [while crying and holding and comforting David Stannard, who has just learned that his son appears to have been killed by the kidnappers. From 2 Samuel, Chapter 18, Verse 33]"
