When that phone rings --
A rich man stuns his wife and town with a televised threat to his son's kidnapper.
Glenn Ford Donna Reed Leslie Nielsen Juano Hernández Robert Keith Richard Gaines Mabel Albertson Alexander Scourby Lori March Bobby Clark Robert Burton Juanita Moore Ainslie Pryor Olan Soule Charles Herbert Artie Lewis Dick Rich Peter Adams Paul Brinegar Jack Daly George Dunn Jack Gargan Sol Gorss Alan Harris Billy Nelson Hal Taggart Leon Tyler Dale Van Sickel Allen Jaffe
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