Desperate rescue, the Cathy Mahone story
by Richard A. Colla, 1993
with Mariel Hemingway, Clancy Brown and Jeff Kober
The made-for-TV Desperate Rescue is based on a true story,
though it would appear that several liberties have been
taken. Mariel Hemingway plays Cathy Mahone, a young mother
whose daughter Lindsay Haun is abducted by Andrew Masset,
Mariel's Jordanian ex-husband. Masset takes the girl back
to his native Jordan, beyond the reach of the US
authorities. Denied aid and comfort by the American
government, Mariel takes matters into her own hands, hiring
ex-Delta Force commandos Clancy Brown, Jeff Kober and James
Russo to muscle their way into Jordan and rescue Lindsay.
