Revealing mistake: During the flashback scene where Max is describing the night of the kidnapping, the rainfall at the marina is obviously fake. The "rain" is being blown at an odd angle from an off-camera fan, and the surface of the water is practically still with no raindrops. (00:40:50)
Suicide Kings (1997)
Plot summary
Directed by: Peter O'Fallon
Starring: Christopher Walken, Denis Leary, Sean Patrick Flanery, Nina Siemaszko, Mark Watson
Max and his girl Elise set up a fake kidnapping to make some profit and in turn Elise's brother Avery thinks he's setting up the kidnapping in order to get out of a debt. Max, Avery, Brett, and T.K. then kidnap Carlo Bartolucci(Charlie Barett) a mob boss, and take him to Ira's house. They cut off Charlie's finger and tell him that's what the kidnappers did to Elise, and whatever they do to her, they'll do to him, so by him paying the randsom to Elise's kidnapping he'll get to save himself.
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Charlie Barret: I'm bleeding to death. Humor me.
Question: According to the credits, Suicide Kings is based on a short story by Don Stanford called "The Hostage". Where was this story published, and is it possible to read it?
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Answer: I found a google hit showing it was released as a short story for Cosmopolitan in Aug 1953.