
January 24, 1956 - MGM releases Ransom!
Ransom! is an American crime drama film featuring Glenn Ford and Donna Reed. It explores the responses of parents, law enforcement, and the public to a kidnapping. The movie is adapted from a well-known episode of The United States Steel Hour called Fearful Decision, which was broadcast in 1954 and stars Ralph Bellamy.
Critics generally concurred that the additional material to extend it to feature-length diminished its dramatic effect. The New York Times review described the plot as implausible and the performance as "fabricated" and "theatrical," referring to Donna Reed as "overly sweet and emotionally unstable as the wife."
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