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1. Clue II: Murder in Disguise (1987 Video)
60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Sequel to the live action VHS version of Parker Brothers' classic board game 'Clue' (or 'Cluedo'). The characters from the game are now on the run from an Interpol inspector because of all the crimes they've committed.
Director: Ed Buffman | Stars: Betty Lee Bogue, Mara Clark, Walter Covell, Michael Dell'Orto
Votes: 56
2.
Adam-12 (1968–1975)
Episode:
Log 43: Hostage
(1970)
TV-PG | 25 min | Crime, Drama
Two armed convicts holding up a diner shoot Malloy who entered innocently, and hold him and other civilians hostage.
Director: Joseph Pevney | Stars: Martin Milner, Kent McCord, Ken Lynch, Joe Turkel
Votes: 104
3.
Barney Miller (1975–1982)
Episode:
Hostage
(1978)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Drama
A prisoner holds the squad at gunpoint. A ventriloquist insists he's not responsible for his dummy's insensitive remarks. Harris finally finds an apartment in the Village.
Director: Hal Linden | Stars: Hal Linden, Max Gail, Ron Glass, Jack Soo
Votes: 111
4.
Highway Patrol (1955–1959)
Episode:
Dan Hostage
(1959)
TV-PG | 30 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Dan Mathews offers himself as a hostage after a nervous gunman botches a diner robbery and critically wounds the proprietor.
Director: Leon Chooluck | Stars: Broderick Crawford, William Boyett, Sherwood Price, Virginia Chapman
Votes: 63
5.
Highway Patrol (1955–1959)
Episode:
Hostage Officer
(1958)
TV-PG | 30 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A motorcycle accident enables two wanted felons to take a Highway Patrol officer as a hostage, but his radio's signal helps pinpoint their location.
Director: Derwin Abrahams | Stars: Broderick Crawford, Larry Perron, David Cross, Ron Foster
Votes: 58
6.
Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode:
The Maze
(1985)
TV-14 | 49 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A group of young punks kill a cop and then take hostages - including an undercover Tubbs - while negotiators try to end the situation without more bloodshed and a SWAT team closes in.
Director: Tim Zinnemann | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott
Votes: 607
7.
The Rookies (1972–1976)
Episode:
One-Way Street to Nowhere
(1975)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama
A gang of thieves and gun runners take Terry hostage to trade for their hospitalized leader. Mike is seriously wounded during the arrest. The leader attempts to break out. How will Terry survive?
Director: Georg Stanford Brown | Stars: Georg Stanford Brown, Sam Melville, Bruce Fairbairn, Kate Jackson
Votes: 18
8.
The Rookies (1972–1976)
Episode:
Time Lock
(1974)
TV-PG | Crime, Drama
Officer Webster and three female bank employees are held hostage in a bank vault by a highly intelligent man who is using them as bargaining chips to get his partner in crime released from jail.
Director: Lee Philips | Stars: Georg Stanford Brown, Sam Melville, Michael Ontkean, Kate Jackson
Votes: 20