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Frantic:
Espionage thriller about American searching for missing wife in France. Slow-building suspense, charismatic turn by lead please some genre buffs, though this may disappoint fans of adventure, strong character development.
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VHS - US |
$9.94 |
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$9.99 |
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£5.99 |
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£15.99 |
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checkdin.wav
"I checked in this morning with my wife..."
"Yes?"
"and while I was in the shower she left the room..."
"Yes?"
"and she hasn't come back."
"Well, how may I help you? Does she know Paris?"
"I beg your pardon?"
"Maybe she is lost."
"No, no, no, she wouldn't have gone out. She left her bag and she would have told me."
disclose.wav
"You see the thing is, that even if they find Mrs. Walker, they cannot disclose her whereabouts without her consent unless you get the Attorney of the Republic to make a request..."
"What are you talking about? Why wouldn't my wife want me to know where she's at?"
"You and your wife have been to Paris before?"
"Yes, on our honeymoon."
"Is it possible she met someone then? Someone she has been thinking about?"
excuseme.zip +1MB
"They had a knife at her throat. Hello? You hear what I'm saying to you!?"
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, a knife at her throat, alright. Go on."
"Go on? Where go on godammit? My wife's being held for ransom!"
"Yeah, yeah I know I got that too but, umm, let's see now, they were after this electronic gizmo..."
"Crytron!"
"Yeah, Crytron, whatever, whatever. Now, what about this other gang, the one that came along in the Peugot."
"The other gang was on foot..."
"Oh, aha."
"The guy in the Peugot was with them, with the kidnappers, he's dead. He's in this car on the Rue de Rively (?!?)."
"Well, ah. I'm not quite sure what you mean by them, doctor. Oh, hold on a minute, please excuse me I've got to take this call."
[Cheesy hold music]
kidnaped.wav
"You put my wife's suitcase in the locker this morning and it didn't have what they wanted in it, but it had my wife's name tag, our telephone number. They came to the hotel and they took her."
"Your wife?"
"They kidnapped her!"
suitcase.wav
"I have your suitcase, you have my wife's suitcase. You put my wife's suitcase, in the locker this morning..."
"No, I'm sorry I can't get it back."
"What are you saying?"
"The suitcase, I can't get it back any more."
"I don't care about the suitcase, I'm looking for her!"
"Who?"
"My wife godammit!"
switch.zip +1MB
"You ever heard of Crytron before doctor?"
"No."
"I must admit neither had I."
"It's an electronic triggering device, a miniature high-performance switch, capable of withstanding severe shock and vibration."
"What's it for?"
"It's used in missile separation and for triggering the detonation of nuclear devices."
"This thing sets off atomic bombs?"
"That's what they're after."
"It was stolen from the manufacturer."
"We were lucky it was found by a U.S. citizen."
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