The Hostage (film)

A Midwestern boy gets locked in a moving van that two killers (Don OKelly, Dean Stanton) are using to get rid of a corpse.

The Hostage is a 1967 Crown International low-budget motion picture starring Don OKelly, James Almanzar and Joanne Brown, with Leland Brown, John Carradine, and Harry Dean Stanton.

The film was directed by Russell S. Doughten Jr. It was adapted for the screen by Robert Laning, based on the 1959 novel The Hostage by Henry Farrell.

When it was made, Don OKelly was a TV actor. His career was cut short when he died shortly after making this movie. This was one of Harry Dean Stantons earliest films.

The plot centers on a young boy who becomes a hostage after he is accidentally closed inside a moving van.

The Hostage is a 1967 Crown International low-budget motion picture starring Don O'Kelly, James Almanzar and Joanne Brown, with Leland Brown, John Carradine, and Harry Dean Stanton. The plot centers on a young boy who becomes a hostage after he is accidentally closed inside a moving van.