ABC Weekend Specials The Ransom of Red Chief (Season 1, Episode 6)
TV-Y
TV Episode | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

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ABC Weekend Specials

The Ransom of Red Chief (Season 1, Episode 6)

TV-Y

TV Episode | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

O. Henry comedy where two kidnappers who are not the sharpest knives in the drawer kidnap the small son of a wealthy man.

Director

Writers

O. Henry (story) | Michael Kane (screenplay)

Producer

Marion Rosenberg (producer)

Composer

Cinematographer

Michael A. Brown

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Edit Released

Updated Oct 22, 1977

Release date

Oct 22, 1977 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

12 wins & 30 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
7 cast members

Name	Known for
Joe Spinell Bill Driscoll Bill Driscoll See fewer	Taxi Driver (1976)
Harry Dean Stanton Sam Howard Sam Howard See fewer	Lucky (I) (2017)
Burton Gilliam Ebeneezer Dorset Ebeneezer Dorset See fewer	Blazing Saddles (1974)
Robbie Rist Red Chief / Johnny Dorset Red Chief / Johnny Dorset See fewer	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991)
Peter Bill Billy Billy See fewer	ABC Weekend Specials (1977)
Sondra Blake Mrs. Dorset Mrs. Dorset See fewer	Grown Ups (2017)
Horace Irwin Old Man Old Man See fewer	Eat My Dust (1976)

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