Sweet Hostage (1975/TV ) "Birds of Prey"

Sweet Hostage (1975/TV ) "Birds of Prey"Stranded when her truck breaks down, 17 year old Doris Mae (Linda Blair) accepts a ride from Leonard Hatch (Martin Sheen), unaware he's an escaped mental patient. Held against her will, Doris Mae is taken to Leonard's ramshackle hideout, a cabin nestled deep within the woods. Frightened at first, she soon finds her captor to be a kind and caring soul. So with time running out and the police closing in, Doris Mae must make a decision: return to her

Eager to make a name in radio

they soon rendezvous with three mysterious characters

When Skeet Burns (Haines) joins the U

Garland is a singing cutie who knows her way around the paddock because she lives at a boarding house for jockeys run by her aunt (a delightful Sophie Tucker)

finds himself romantically involved with Kunegundi (Vivien Oakland)

As partygoers twist and shout

in this terrifying story that also features Laurence Haddon

In her debut movie

And it all started with her in Tall Story

But winning his freedom through combat

that disregard turns dangerous

The treacherous world of film noir combines with psychological suspense in a probing