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“Homeland has kidnapped Danny's mind. Only this man can steal it back...for $10,000 cash, no questions asked.”
1982 · 1 h 50 min
Ted KotcheffCast
Michael O'Keefe 
Karen Allen 
Peter Fonda 
James Woods 
Elizabeth Ashley 
Brian Dennehy
Plot
An impressionable young man finds himself ensnared by a cult and his parents hire a deprogrammer to bring him back.
Sinekatalog’s take
Ted Kotcheff's drama, with Michael O'Keefe, Peter Fonda and James Woods, is earnest and tense, a strong, early cult film.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.3 / 10 (1,393 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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