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Kidnapped

Play trailer Kidnapped 1974,  1h 36m,  Crime/ Drama/ Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 88% 8 Reviews Tomatometer 87% 1,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
88% Tomatometer 8 Reviews 87% Popcornmeter 1,000+ Ratings
Three crooks hijack a car after a robbery but have no idea that the car's occupants have just kidnapped a baby. The desperate couple plead for their lives and the baby while the thugs debate what to do.

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Noel Murray The Dissolve Jul 16, 2013
4/5
As is often the case in the Bava-verse, Kidnapped turns out to be located at the intersection of every dime-paperback plot, in that wild space populated by crooks, vampires, astronauts, and cowboys, all tromping inexorably to The End. Go to Full Review
Ed Gonzalez Slant Magazine Aug 14, 2003
3.5/4
Quite cynically, Bava evokes a human society where no one is to be trusted. Go to Full Review
Michelle Devereaux The Skinny Nov 5, 2014
3/5
Its stripped-down malevolence is certainly effective, and the maniacal performances provide the kitsch. Go to Full Review
Fernando F. Croce CinePassion Mar 21, 2010
Dazzling Go to Full Review
Jeffrey M. Anderson Combustible Celluloid May 3, 2007
Definitely one of Bava's more pessimistic films, but it shows just how far the master was capable of stretching into a more realistic, less expressionistic palate. Go to Full Review
Film Threat Dec 6, 2005
3.5/5
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Cast & Crew

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Mario Bava

Director

Riccardo Cucciolla

Riccardo

Don Backy

Bisturi

Maurice Poli

Dottore

George Eastman

Trentadue

Lea Lander

Maria

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Kidnapped

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Movie Info

Synopsis Three crooks hijack a car after a robbery but have no idea that the car's occupants have just kidnapped a baby. The desperate couple plead for their lives and the baby while the thugs debate what to do.
Director
Mario Bava
Producer
Lamberto Bava, Alfredo Leone, Roberto Loyola
Screenwriter
Alessandro Parenzo
Genre
Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
Italian
Runtime
1h 36m
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