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Martin's Day (1985)

Martin's Day (1985)

Drama Crime

A brief adventure that will change them forever.

Release Date: 1985, February 22
Directors: Alan Gibson
Countries: Canada
Production: United Artists, United Artists, World Film Services, World Film Services, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cast: Richard Harris, James Coburn, Saul Rubinek, John Ireland, Lindsay Wagner, Justin Henry, Karen Black, Frank Adamson, R.H. Thomson, Ralph Small

Overview:

Threatened with recapture after a prison escape, Martin Stechert grabs a 12-year-old as hostage. He proves to be named Martin, too a quiet "good little boy" always obeying the rules, whom life has given only dismal loneliness and frustration in return. Soon he begins to admire "Stech" for his cheeky pranks against society and his desperate mission to make dreams come true. In a climactic moment, he chooses to stay with the man even though he could run away. Via hijacks and hijinx, they flee to the idyllic peace of the older Martin's childhood home, a cabin on a lake. But the police are close behind, impatient and trigger-happy.

Keywords:

prison escape hostage