Held for Ransom is a 1938 American action film directed by Clarence Bricker and starring Blanche Mehaffey, Grant Withers and Jack Mulhall.

Kimble, the Scott's caretaker of their lodge, intercepts the ransom payoff and stuffs the cash into empty shotgun shells.

Betty, an FBI agent, poses as a writer and checks into the inn near the Scott's lodge.

Betty comes back and finds Larry on the floor and a secret door slowly closing.

Larry chops through the door with an axe while in the cave below Sam has a falling out with the 3rd crook over his share of the money.