Product Details

• Actors: David Morse, Megan Follows, Dion Anderson, Tom Atkins, Travis Swords
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• VHS Release Date: May 12, 1993
• Run Time: 95 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6302751004
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #245,683 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

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11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Cry vs. Cry, July 11, 2006

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Snow Ranger (Minnesota) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cry in the Wild: The Taking of Peggy Ann [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This movie is NOT the movie of the same title based on Gary Paulsen's book, "Hatchet". Despite the identical titles, this movie is based on a very real abduction and manhunt in 1963, in central Pennsylvania. Both were released on TV in 1990, but this movie had the subtitle "The Taking of Peggy Ann." It is a very accurate account of the kidnapping of teenager Peggy Ann Bradnick, and the ensuing search that cost the life of FBI agent Terry Anderson (played by David Soul) before the kidnapper, William Hollenbaugh, was killed by the police.

The "Hatchet" "Cry" is available in DVD from Amazon. The "Peggy Ann" "Cry" is only out in VHS.

3 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Say what?? Get your facts straight!, August 31, 2008

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Dignan (Seattle, WA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cry in the Wild: The Taking of Peggy Ann [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Am I the only one that's paying attention to what's on this page or are these reviews being sent to the wrong page? All the reviews I've read here are for a completely different movie! "Cry in the Wild: The Taking of Peggy Ann" is a made for TV movie (1991) based on the true story of Peggy Ann Bradnick's 1966 abduction by a deranged mountain man (played by David Morse) that led to the largest manhunt in Pennsylvania history. The screenplay was written by Durrell Royce Crays. The abduction and subsequent manhunt was also detailed in the book "Deadly Pursuit" by Robert Cox.

7 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This movie has no style!, March 21, 2006

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Cry in the Wild: The Taking of Peggy Ann [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Well, the book was definitely a lot better.... I did not like how there was so much swearing in the whole thing!! There are so many other elementary and middle school teachers showing this movie to kids... I do not think it is an appropriate movie for kids like me. We should not have to listen to swearing like that in school!!!