Line #10 Film/TheAbductionOfSaintAnne


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2	''The Abduction of Saint Anne'' is a TV movie directed by Harry Falk and written by Edward Hume, based on the Thomas Patrick [=McMahon=] novel ''The Issue of the Bishop's Blood'' and produced by [[Creator/QuinnMartin QM Productions]]. It aired on January 21, 1975 on Creator/{{ABC}}.
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4	Seventeen-year-old Anne Benedict (Creator/KathleenQuinlan) is rumored to have worked miracles. Unfortunately, her father, Mafia godfather Frank Benedict (Alfred Ryder), is holding her incommunicado at his mansion. Bishop Francis Paul Logan (E.G. Marshall) hires atheist private detective Dave Hatcher (Creator/RobertWagner) to do two things: determine if Anne can really work miracles, and, if so, abduct her so she can be transported to a convent in UsefulNotes/{{Argentina}} for further study. Dave reluctantly investigates, but his interest increases after an attempt on his life.
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6	!!''The Abduction of Saint Anne'' contains examples of:
7	* BoobyTrap: To foil his killers, Dave rents two motel rooms, one under his own name and one under no name, then stays in the no name room. He sees two goons going into the room rented under his name. When he carefully pushes the door open with a broom, it explodes.
8	* BridalCarry: Dave carries Anne to the van this way.
9	* CutPhoneLines: Dave cuts the Benedicts' phone line before he abducts Anne.
10	* FantasyForbiddingFather: Frank banned Anne from going to school or talking to any of her friends after she expressed interest in [[TakingTheVeil becoming a nun]].
11	* FreezeFrameEnding: Of Anne waving goodbye [[spoiler:to Dave, as he leaves her to her new life of freedom in a village in Mexico]].
12	* HeavenSeeker: Genry will die of cancer in three months. He plans to spend that time in a monastery atoning for his many sins, thus reaching Purgatory, where he will probably remain for a very long time. He plans to abduct Anne and hold her hostage for a papal decree that every religious house on Earth pray for his soul for ninety-nine years, greatly hastening his journey to Heaven.
13	* INeverGotAnyLetters: Anne's friend Wayne Putnam (George [=McCallister=]) sneaks in to visit her and asks, "Why haven't you answered my letters?" Anne replies, "What letters?" Horrified, Wayne says, "What are they doing to you?"
14	* InstantSedation: When Anne screams and struggles, Dave presses a cloth to her face. She passes out in a few seconds.
15	* TheKindnapper: Dave suspects Logan of only wanting to use Anne to glorify himself, but his own motives are pure - he wants to get Anne away from her terrible home situation.
16	* LikeParentUnlikeChild: When Dave expresses disbelief that Frank Benedict's daughter is a candidate for sainthood, Logan says, "Grace is the gift of God. I don't think one's mother or father has anything to do with it."
17	* LookBothWays: One of Anne's miracles is the healing of a three-year-old boy whose legs were crushed by a news truck because he leapt from his father's pickup truck without looking around first.
18	* TitleIn: "Las Palomas Arizona," "The Vatican Rome," and "Salem Massachusetts."
19	* VehicularSabotage: Dave realizes his brake lines have been cut while he's driving downhill. His truck drives off-road and rolls over, but he manages to avoid serious injury.
20	* YoureInsane: Dave's response, word for word, to Gentry's plan. Gentry responds, "Well, it may sound that way to you. You're a young man. I'm an old man. I'm an old man who's been told he's dying."

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