Sober-Friend Leonard Hatch (Martin Sheen), a fugitive mental patient, kidnaps Doris Mae Withers (Linda Blair), a semi-illiterate farm girl, and takes her away to his remote mountain cabin. There the poetic Leonard becomes her teacher, friend, and lover. The story however is weird because it really doesn't cover what this young lady is going through and that's "Stockholm Syndrome"Entertaining but cringe worthy at the same time!

The_Void Sweet Hostage is another excellent example of a seventies made for TV movie. There were a lot of great TV movies made during what is probably the richest decade for great movies, although this one stands out a little from many as it is both feature length and feels every bit like a 'proper' movie, not a made for TV one. The plot focuses on the idea of 'Stockholm Syndrome' and we follow a young girl who is kidnapped by an escaped mental patient but ends up falling in love with him along the way. The film doesn't really appear to have any real point to make, but the way that everything plays out is always interesting and that is mostly thanks to the two lead performances which are excellent throughout. Martin Sheen gives a lively performance as the escaped mental patient and actually manages to make his character realistic in spite of the over the top script. Linda Blair is also very good as the kidnapped young girl and has a good chemistry with Sheen. The film is a little under ambitious and that's a shame as it does feel like more could have been made out of this plot; but what we do end up with is an undoubtedly successful drama and I enjoyed this movie on the whole.

Stanbabe In her second tv movie performance.Ms.Blair plays another tough character.Whose hard edge demenor is changed by a misunderstood mential patient.In this tv movie adaptation of the book:"Welcome To Xanadu".An escapee from a Boston,Ma.mential hospital"Lenny Hatch"(Martin Sheen)heads for New Mexico.Where he captures a teenage farm girl:"Doris Mae Withers"(Ms.Blair).At first,Ms.Blair is perturbed at being held prisoner by this nut.But after a time..she begins to see this supposedly unstable man as a charming..well educated,funny but confused person.Who is more suspicious of authoritative people rather than being a threat to anyone.He not only teaches Mr.Blair's ignorant farm girl basic lessions.He also shows her how to love people and how to love herself.Both Ms.Blair and Mr.Sheen give the best performances of their careers.It's too bad that they didn't get another chance to work again.One can only imagine what those two can do onscreen now?

Roxy64 I saw this movie for the first time as a young teenager and fell "in love" with Martin Sheen. The story was excellent and touching. I loved the "exchanges" between the characters and no matter how many times I saw it, I still cried! This is still probably my all-time favorite movie. It's the one that I will always scan the TV guide for to see if it's playing somewhere! A must see movie for romantics at heart, Martin Sheen or Linda Blair fans.