Movie · 1996
Sudden Terror: The Hijacking of School Bus #17
Released 13 September 1996 91 min Thriller / TV Movie More from 1996 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
In Dade County, Florida, disgruntled taxpayer Harry Kee angrily protests a huge IRS bill by wiring up a box of explosives and hijacking a school bus full of special-needs children. Although the kids are terrified, Marta Caldwell, the bus' Cuban-born driver, remains calm and collected throughout the ordeal, not only helping her charges survive the crisis, but also providing comfort and support to a teacher's aide on the verge of a diabetic seizure. But while Marta keeps her head about her, the kidnapper grows more and more unhinged, and the police surround the hijacked bus, ready to shoot to kill if necessary.
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How old were they?
Bruce Weitz
as Lt. Dominick Caroselli
Michael Paul Chan
as Harry Kee
Elizabeth Omilami
as Glenda Siles
Dennis Boutsikaris
as Frank Caldwell
María Conchita Alonso
as Marta Caldwell
Avis-Marie Barnes
as Detective Grantham
Jim R. Coleman
as Officer Reynolds
Marcy Walker
as Lt. Kathy Leone
Rus Blackwell
as Sergeant Gentry
Leesa Castaneda
as Juanita Sanchez
Cristina Karman
as Carlotta Arguello
Brett Rice
as Detective Sims
John Archie
as Dispatcher
Emiliano Díez
as Eduardo Sanchez
Mark Conlon
as Pastor
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The numbers
27years between the oldest and youngest billed
53Bruce Weitz — oldest on the call sheet
26Leesa Castaneda — youngest billed
39average age of the credited cast