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Based on the real-life experiences of Sis Levin, the wife of CNN Reporter Jerry Levin, who was taken hostage in Lebanon by Shiite Fundamentalists in 1984, and her struggle to free him.
Top billed cast
Marlo ThomasLucille 'Sis' Levin
David DukesJerry Levin
William SchallertLandrum Bolling
G.W. BaileyBrother
Gila AlmagorNuhad
Chaim BanaiGhannoum (as Haim Banai)
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