A true-story hostage thriller where the villain thinks he's the victim—messy, tense, and uncomfortably relevant.
A man (Rick Worthington) assaults the Alta Vista Hospital taking four women, a man and two babies as hostages. He wants to kill Dr. Garrick, who, according to Worthington, ruined his life sterilizing his wife. He threatens to detonate a bomb. Based on a true story.
Acting
Harry Hamlin's terrifyingly plausible descent into self-righteous rage.
Direction
Peter Levin squeezes dread from fluorescent-lit hospital corridors.
Director
Peter Levin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Richard Worthington was still alive when this aired; he reportedly hated Hamlin's portrayal for being 'too sympathetic.' The irony is staggering.
This aired during the early '90s true-crime TV boom that would peak with O.J. and spawn the entire Dateline industrial complex. It helped normalize 'based on a true story' as marketing rather than journalism.
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