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Glasgow Film Festival: Dead Man's Wire [Preview]

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The morning of February 8, 1977, Anthony G. “Tony” Kiritsis, 44, entered the office of Richard O. Hall, president of the Meridian Mortgage Company, and took him hostage with a sawed-off 12-gauge shotgun wired with a “dead man’s wire” from the trigger to the Hall’s head.

This is the true story of the stand-off that took the world by storm as Tony demanded $5 million, no charges or prosecution, and a personal apology from the Halls for cheating him out of what he was “owed.”

Director Gus Van Sant
Year 2025
Duration 1h 45m
Language English
Cast Bill Skarsgård, Dacre Montgomery, Colman Domingo,

Now showing

Saturday 7 March 2026