---
title: 'Patty Hearst (1988)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Paul Schrader'
released: '1988-05-13'
runtime_minutes: 108
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/patty-hearst-1988'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095836/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Patty Hearst (1988)

1988 · 108 min · Drama, History · United States


## Synopsis

Patty Hearst is a 1988 American biographical crime drama film directed by Paul Schrader. The film stars Natasha Richardson as Hearst Corporation heiress Patricia Hearst and Ving Rhames as Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) leader Cinque. The film depicts Hearst's kidnapping, her transformation into an active follower of the SLA after a long-lasting imprisonment and process of purported brainwashing, and her final arrest after a series of armed robberies. It is based on Hearst's 1982 autobiography Every Secret Thing, which was later rereleased as Patty Hearst – Her Own Story.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Paul Schrader](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-schrader)
- **Screenplay:** [Nicholas Kazan](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicholas-kazan), [Patty Hearst](https://cinepixo.com/people/patty-hearst)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Scott Johnson](https://cinepixo.com/people/scott-johnson)
- **Producer:** [Marvin Worth](https://cinepixo.com/people/marvin-worth)
- **Director of Photography:** [Bojan Bazelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/bojan-bazelli)
- **Editor:** [Michael R. Miller](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-r-miller)

## Cast

- [Frances Fisher](https://cinepixo.com/people/frances-fisher)
- [William Forsythe](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-forsythe)
- [Jodi Long](https://cinepixo.com/people/jodi-long)
- [Dana Delany](https://cinepixo.com/people/dana-delany)
- [Steven Anderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/steven-anderson)
- [Tom O'Rourke](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-o-rourke)
- [Hawthorne James](https://cinepixo.com/people/hawthorne-james)
- [Erich Anderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/erich-anderson)
- [Natasha Richardson](https://cinepixo.com/people/natasha-richardson) as Patty Hearst
- [Ving Rhames](https://cinepixo.com/people/ving-rhames)
- [Marta Kober](https://cinepixo.com/people/marta-kober)
- [Olivia Barash](https://cinepixo.com/people/olivia-barash)
- [Gerald Gordon](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerald-gordon)

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