The Prince Charles Cinema

Dead Man's Wire

Dead Man's Wire

  • 2025
  • 105mins
  • USA
  • (18)
  • Crime / Thriller
Directed by Gus Van Sant Starring Bill Skarsgård, Dacre Montgomery, Cary Elwes

The morning of February 8, 1977, Anthony G. “Tony” Kiritsis, 44, entered the office of Richard O. Hall, president of the Meridian Mortgage Company, and took him hostage with a sawed-off 12-gauge shotgun wired with a “dead man’s wire” from the trigger to the Hall’s head. This is the true story of the stand-off that took the world by storm as Tony demanded $5 million, no charges or prosecution, and a personal apology from the Halls for cheating him out of what he was “owed.”

This performance is presented as part of Glasgow Film Festival 2026

Wednesday 4th March
Book6:00 pm PREVIEW