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On March 16th 1978 Italy’s former prime minister Aldo Moro was kidnapped in a sophisticated military-style operation. His three bodyguards were killed during the assault. The attacks were blamed on the Red Brigade, a militant communist group. Moro had been attempting to create a power-sharing arrangement by which the Italian Community Party (PCI) would be allowed to participate in operations of government with the Christian Democrats. His compromise was fiercely opposed by the United States. According to Moro’s widow, he was told at a meeting with Henry Kissinger, ‘You must abandon your policy of bringing all the political forces in your country into direct collaboration … or you will pay dearly for it.’ Moro was murdered shortly after his kidnapping. Counter-Intelligence: Shining a Light on Black Operations s1e3: The Strategy of Tension, 2013
In 1978 the kidnapping and murder of former prime minister Aldo Moro troubled Italians. Italian Noir: The Story of Italian Crime Fiction, BBC 2010
Get rid of him, Mike, and make it neat. Freedom to Die 1961 starring Paul Maxwell & Felicity Young & Bruce Seton & Kay Callard & T P McKenna & Laurie Leigh & James Neylin & Dermon Tuohy & Charlie Byrne & James Fitzgerald & Desmond Perry et al, director Francis Searle, gangstas
Face front. And keep driving. The Hitch-Hiker 1953 starring Edmond O'Brien & Frank Lovejoy & William Talman & Jose Torvay & Wendell Niles & Natividad Vacio et al, director Ida Lupino, hitch-hiker
You guys are gonna die, that’s all. It’s just a question of when. ibid.
£50,000 in cash. The police are going to be a little unhappy. Naked Fury 1959 starring Reed de Rowen & Kenneth Cope & Ligh Madison & Arthur Lovegrove & Alexander Field & Tommy Eytle & Ann Lynn & Marianne Brauns & Arthur Gross et al, director Charles Saunders, gang leader with American accent
Listen carefully. Your wife has been taken. Getaway 2013 starring Ethan Hawke & Selena Gomez & Jon Voight & Rebecca Budig & Paul Freeman & Bruce Payne & et al, director Courtney Solomon, gangsta to Hawke
There is nothing anybody can prove against me. Nothing. Impact 1963 starring Conrad Philips & George Pastell & Ballard Berkeley & Linda Marlowe & Richard Klee & John Rees & Anita West & Frank Pettitt et al, director Peter Maxwell, him to her opening scene
The robbery: the mail van with the Midland Pullman Express was robbed of about £60,000. ibid. rozzer to reporter
I hope he gets a nice long sentence. ibid. Duke
Twenty years in the same room. Jesus Christ, I’d would have lost my mind. Oldboy 2013 starring Josh Brolin & Grey Damon & Elizabeth Olsen & Sharlto Copley & Erik Gersovitz & Samuel L Jackson & Michael Imperioli & Brett Lapeyrouse & Linda Emond & James Ransone & Max Casella et al, director Spike Lee
Don’t move. Don’t touch that alarm. Cellular 2004 starring Jason Statham & Chris Evans & Kim Basinger & William H Macy & Eric Christian Olsen & Matt McColm & Brendan Kelly & Noah Emmerich et al, director David R Ellis, baddies to Basinger
High above the city of LA a team of terrorists has seized a building, taken hostages and declared war. One man has managed to escape. An off-duty cop hiding somewhere inside. He’s alone, tired ... and the only chance anyone has got. Die Hard 1988 starring Bruce Willis & Alan Rickman & Alexander Godunov & Bonnie Bedelia & Reginald Vel Johnson & Paul Greason & James Shigeta & Clarence Gilyard junior et al, director John McTiernan, tagline
I need the code key, because I am interested in the six hundred and forty million dollars in negotiable bearer bonds that you have locked in your vault. ibid. Rickman
Listen to me carefully, Kim. You mother and I are going to be taken. Taken II 2012 starring Liam Neeson & Maggie Grace & Framke Janssen & D B Sweeney & Rade Serbedzija & Leland Orser & Jon Gries & Luke Grimes et al, director Olivier Megaton, Neeson
She was snatched. Taken III 2014 starring Liam Neeson & Forest Whitaker & Maggie Grace & Framke Janssen & Dougray Scott & Sam Pruell & Leland Orser & John Gries & David Washofsky & Jonny Weston & Don Harvey & Dylan Bruno et al, director Olivier Megaton
The guy kidnapped an eleven-year-old girl. He molested, murdered and moo-tilated her. Raw Deal 1986 starring Arnold Schwarzenegger & Kathryn Harrold & Darren McGavin & Sam Wanamaker & Paul Shenar & Steven Hill & Robert Davi & Blanche Baker & Steve Holt et al, director John Irvin, Arnold to boss
You have no idea who I am, and you talk too much. The Millionaire Tour 2011 starring Bruce Davison & Dominic Monaghan & Jordan Belfi & Rick Gomez & Agnes Bruckner & Marisa Petroro & DAve Vescio & Laura Spencer et al, director Inon Shampanier, bloke to couple in car
Answer the questions and you won’t get hurt. Union Station 1950 starring William Holden & Nancy Olsen & Barry Fitzgerald & Lyle Bettger & Jan Sterling & Allene Roberts & Herbert Heyes & James Seay & Parley Baer & Ralph Sanford et al, director Rudolph Mate, Calhoun
You scream and the kid will come home and find you in a pool of blood. The Desperate Hours 1955 starring Humphrey Bogart & Fredric March & Arthur Kennedy & Martha Scott & Dewey Martin & Gig Young & Mary Murphy & Robert Middleton et al, director William Wyler, Bogart
You ain’t learned yet who’s running this show. ibid.
Our government is nothing but a gangster’s joke. The Petrified Forest 1936 starring Bette Davis & Leslie Howard & Humphrey Bogart & Genevieve Tobin & Dick Foran & Joe Sawyer & Porter Hall & Charley Grapewin & Paul Harvey & Eddie Acuff et al, director Archie L Mayo, opening scene
Alan, there’s something very appealing about you. ibid. her to him
I’ll bury him out there in the petrified forest. ibid.
Face front. And keep driving. The Hitch-Hiker 1953 starring Edmond O'Brien & Frank Lovejoy & William Talman & Jose Torvay & Wendell Niles & Natividad Vacio et al, director Ida Lupino, hitch-hiker
You guys are gonna die, that’s all. It’s just a question of when. ibid.
Nobody move! Nobody move! Get down! Get down! … Put the guns on the floor … Are you rich? … Jewellery, wallets, in the bag … We contact you. You bring the money to us, we give you the boy … Everybody on the ground … or the boy dies! The Night Manager II, BBC 2016, novel John Le Carre, starring Tom Hiddleston & Hugh Laurie & Olivia Colman & Tom Hollander & Elizabeth Debicki & Alistair Petrie & Natasha Little & Douglas Hodge & David Harewood & Tobias Menzies & Antonio de la Toree et al, director Susanne Bier
Tuesday 19th February 2008 Day 1: 9 months after the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, 9-year-old Shannon Matthews goes missing. Her disappearance is a total mystery. It triggers the biggest investigation in the region since the Yorkshire Ripper. This is a story of deception and betrayal and a plot nobody believed imaginable. The Disappearance of Shannon Matthews, captions, Channel 5 2021
West Yorkshire Police escalate her disappearance to the Homicide and Major Enquiry Team. ibid.
14 premises with connections to Shannon and her family are searched for any clues to her disappearance. ibid.
‘The last afternoon I saw her something didn’t seem right. ’Cause someone told her her brother was picking up her up that day after school but he never showed up.’ ibid. Megan Aldridge, best friend
West Yorkshire Police are attempting to trace and eliminate hundreds of sex offenders living in close proximity to the home of Shannon Matthews. Investigators are also building up a detailed profile of Shannon Matthews’ family. ibid. captions
Karen Matthews has been defending her boyfriend Craig Meehan in a series of media interviews. ibid.
Then Karen Matthews drops a bombshell. She suggests someone she knows has abducted Shannon. ibid.