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A two-hour made-for-TV drama titled "The Abduction of Kari Swenson", produced by NBC aired on March 8, 1987. It starred Tracy Pollan in the leading role as Kari Swenson. Swenson contributed as a technical advisor during production and also filmed her own ski sequences.
Mar 8, 1987 · Olympic biathlete Kari Swenson is abducted by father-and-son mountain men, planning to start their own mountain colony. This based-on-actual-events tele-movie traces her abduction; search-and-rescue attempts by family, friends and a tenacious sheriff; and her steps to recovery after being wounded.
Sep 2, 2021 · They abducted her after a short struggle and bound her to their campsite with the intention of securing her like that until she accepted all their conditions. The following morning, a couple of rescuers arrived at the scene, only for Don to aim and shoot one of them in the face while the other fled for his life.
Aug 24, 2017 · GREAT FALLS, MT — In 1984, Don Nichols kidnapped world-class biathlete Kari Swenson in the mountains near Big Sky, Montana and shot her would-be rescuer to death in an attack that garnered...
Nov 28, 2019 · There’s no particular news peg that might bring someone to revisit the harrowing, 36-year-old story of Kari Swenson, a world champion athlete whose career was cut short in 1984 when she was...
During a rescue attempt that results in the death of one man, Dan shoots Kari in the chest, and he and his father flee, leaving her there to die. Sheriff John Onstad coordinates a full-scale search to find Kari and bring the Nichols to justice.
1 hr 40 mins. Drama. NR. Watchlist. Fact-based story of a biathlete (Tracy Pollan) who was kidnapped by father-and-son mountain men in Montana. Joe Don Baker,...
Oct 11, 2004 · The movie is based on the book written by Kari's mother who, in turn, wrote the book as a rebuttal against Sheriff Johnny France's book ("Incident at Big Sky"), who botched so much of his investigation of the kidnapping.
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Aug 23, 2017 · Don Nichols, now 86, was sentenced to 85 years in prison for kidnapping biathlete Kari Swenson in the mountains near Big Sky and killing Alan Goldstein, a friend helping to...
The Abduction of Kari Swenson. PG 1987 1h 40m Drama List. Reviews A fact-based account of the kidnapping, shooting and recovery of a world-class athlete taken prisoner by mountain men. Read More...
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