William Tell The Hostages (Season 1, Episode 2)
TV Episode | 26 min | Adventure, Family, History

William Tell

The Hostages (Season 1, Episode 2)

TV Episode | 26 min | Adventure, Family, History

Annoyed by Tell's activities, Gessler issues orders to have the archer arrested - but Tell has disappeared. Not to be outdone, Gessler seizes six villagers as hostages: each of them will die - unless Tell returns within 12 hours.

Director

Peter Maxwell

Writers

Ralph Smart (original story) | Doreen Montgomery (teleplay)

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Updated Sep 22, 1958

Release date

Sep 22, 1958 (United Kingdom)

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8 cast members

Name	Known for
Conrad Phillips William Tell William Tell See fewer	Uncle Silas (1989)
Jennifer Jayne Hedda Tell Hedda Tell See fewer	The Crawling Eye (1958)
Richard Rogers Walter Tell Walter Tell See fewer	William Tell (1958)
Willoughby Goddard Gessler Gessler See fewer	The Last Days of Pompeii (1984)
Peter Hammond Captain Hofmanstahl Captain Hofmanstahl See fewer	Hereward the Wake (1965)
Roy Purcell Fritz Fritz See fewer	The Buccaneers (1956)
James Booth Franz Franz See fewer	Zulu (1964)
Celia Hewitt Gretel Gretel See fewer	The Whitehall Worrier (1967)