Marlo Thomas
Lucille "Sis" Levin
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In 1984, while working for CNN, he was kidnapped and held hostage by Hezbollah. He escaped after eleven and a half months in captivity due to the nonviolent behind-the-scene efforts of friends and colleagues organized by his wife, Sis Levin.
The true story of CNN reporter Jerry Levin who is kidnapped in the Middle East. The US stage department tells Sis, his wife, to stay out of the situation. Instead she travels to Lebanon, practices her calling of music therapy with war-traumatized children, meets officials and ordinary citizens, this based on her Jesus-based belief of peace with ...
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- Color
- David Dukes, Marlo Thomas, G.W. Bailey
- English
Jan 11, 1991 · TV. Article. Held Hostage: The Sis and Jerry Levin Story. By. Ken Tucker. Published on January 11, 1991 05:00AM EST. Jerry Levin, you may recall, is the television news reporter...
A television movie 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.
- Roger Young
- Gila Almagor
Held Hostage: The Sis and Jerry Levin Story. Lucille Levin (Marlo Thomas) works to free her husband (David Dukes), the CNN bureau chief abducted by fanatics in 1984 Beirut.
- Roger Young
- Drama
- Marlo Thomas
Jan 13, 1991 · The tale of Sis Levin and her husband Jerry, then CNN bureau chief in Beirut, is part love story, part action-adventure, part mystery. ABC calls it "Held Hostage" and airs it Sunday at 9.
Jan 13, 1991 · 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. Overview
