- Country: Canada, USA
- Genres: Thriller
- Release: 1980-08-15
- Director: George Mendeluk
- Writers: Richard Murphy , Charles Templeton
- Language: English
- Stars: William Shatner , Hal Holbrook , Van Johnson , Ava Gardner , Miguel Fernandes , Cindy Girling , Elizabeth Shepherd , Michael J. Reynolds , Gary Reineke , Maury Chaykin (1949–2010)
- Runtime: 114 min
- Awards: 2 nominations
- AKA: El secuestro del presidente (Spain) , Die Entführung des Präsidenten , El secuestro del presidente (Venezuela) , I mördarnas nät (Finland) , The Kidnapping of the President (Canada) , Rapimento di un presidente (Italy) , L'enlèvement du président (France, French Republic) , Porwanie prezydenta (Poland) , I apagogi tou proedrou (Greece) , Kidnappet president (Norway) , Похищение президента (Russian Federation) , The Kidnapping of the President (Netherlands the) , O Sequestro do Presidente (Brazil) , Vomves, foties kai diamantia (Greece) , O Rapto do Presidente (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Az elnök elrablása (Hungary) , Presidentin kidnappaus (Finland) , Tappajien verkossa (Finland) , Die Entführung des Präsidenten (Germany) , The Kidnapping of the President
- Plot: A South American quasi-revolutionary/guerilla/terrorist and a misled, admiring girl compatriot manage to kidnap the U.S. President during a diplomatic visit to Toronto. With a nondescript armored truck, crudely yet somehow elaborately rigged with high explosives (and the President trapped inside), the two terrorists keep the Secret Service at bay until in the end, Assanti is killed and Shatner has to find a way into the truck anyway.
- IMDB:tt0080997
The Kidnapping of the President Cast · · · ALL
George Mendeluk
Director
William Shatner
Jerry O'Connor
Hal Holbrook
President Adam Scott
Van Johnson
Vice President Ethan Richards
Ava Gardner
Beth Richards
Maury Chaykin
(1949–2010)
Harvey Cannon
Elizabeth Shepherd
Joan Scott
Miguel Fernandes
Roberto Assanti
Cindy Girling
Linda Steiner
Michael J. Reynolds
MacKenzie
Gary Reineke
Deitrich
Murray Westgate
Archie Standler
Sully Boyar
FBI Chief
Patrick Brymer
Jesus Freak
Jackie Burroughs
Woman Agent
David Cadiente
Mendoza
Chapelle Jaffe
Valerie Martinelli