A Public Ransom (2014)
99 min
Steven (Carlyle Edwards) is a self-serving, amoral author of very mediocre talent. When he stumbles across a crayon-scribbled “missing child” poster with a scrawled telephone number and the words “HLEPP ME?” written on it, he figures it to be harmless–and deciding to base a story around it, he calls the number. This leads to an encounter with Bryant (Goodloe Byron) who flatly claims to have actually kidnapped a girl, stating she will be released only if Steven pays a mere $2000 ransom within two weeks. Steven initially dismisses Bryant as a morbid prankster—until Bryant begins a relationship with his only friend, Rene (Helen Bonaparte) and starts popping up in his life in apparently coincidental, yet increasingly invasive and unsettling ways.
- Release date
- March 14, 2014
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Helen Bonaparte as Rene
- Goodloe Byron as Bryant
- Carlyle Edwards as Steven
Crew
- Pablo D'Stair · Director
- Goodloe Byron · Writer
- Pablo D'Stair · Writer
- Denver Alexander · Producer
- Lisette Goines · Producer
- Paul Vanbrocklin · Cinematographer
- Emanuella Scott · Editor