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Hanging by a Thread(1979)

NRMay 8, 19793h 16m

Action Thriller Drama TV Movie

66%User score 66 percent

User Score

5 votes

Overview

A group of old friends on an outing re-live various traumas and tragedies via flashback whilst trapped high above a ravine in a disabled cable-car.

Director: Georg Fenady
Writers: Adrian Spies

Top Billed Cast

Sam Groom
Paul Craig
Patty Duke
Sue Grainger
Joyce Bulifant
Anita Minton
Bert Convy
Alan Durant

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Facts

Status: Released
Original title: Hanging by a Thread
Original language: English
Production: Irwin Allen Productions, Warner Bros. Television, NBC

Keywords

told in flashback
disaster movie
cable car
irwin allen
aerial tramway

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