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Buying Time

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Buying Time
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMitchell Gabourie
Screenplay byMitchell Gabourie
Richard Gabourie
Gordon McDonald
Dean Gabourie
Produced byRichard Gabourie
StarringJeff Schultz
Laura Cruickshank
Page Fletcher
Leslie Toth
Dean Stockwell
CinematographyManfred Guthe
Edited byMichael Todd
Music byDavid Krystal
Production
company
Louis George
Distributed byMGM/UA Communications Co. (through United Artists)
Release date
  • May 12, 1989 (1989-05-12)
Running time
103 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Buying Time is a 1989 Canadian action film directed by Mitchell Gabourie and written by Mitchell Gabourie, Richard Gabourie, Gordon McDonald and Dean Gabourie. The film stars Jeff Schultz, Laura Cruickshank, Page Fletcher, Leslie Toth and Dean Stockwell. The film was released on May 12, 1989, by United Artists.[1][2]

Plot

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A low-budget crime drama set in Toronto concerning a couple of likable petty thieves, Jabber and Reno (Jeff Schultz and Leslie Toth), who are forced by the police (Dean Stockwell) to go undercover to discover who is killing the city's drug dealers.

Cast

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  • Jeff Schultz as Jabber
  • Laura Cruickshank as Jessica
  • Page Fletcher as Curtis
  • Leslie Toth as Reno
  • Dean Stockwell as Detective Novak
  • Wayne Robson as Rolley
  • Michael Rudder as Cody
  • Susan Potvin as Stella
  • Martin Louis as Dez
  • Sonny Forbes as Rosie
  • Tony De Santis as Detective Delori
  • Michèle Duquet as Charlotte
  • Eric Keenleyside as Bartender
  • Thick Wilson as Supervisor
  • Louis Di Bianco as Scratch
  • Ann McMillan as Jabber's Mother
  • Sean Clattenburg as Young Boy
  • Gerry Pearson as Jimmy
  • Jessica Booker as Aunt Babs
  • Christie MacFadyen as Angela
  • Michael A. Miranda as Drug Buyer
  • John Rutter as Mover
  • Guy Sanvido as Storekeeper
  • Fred Booker as Mr. Wilkinson
  • Rob Wilton as Young Cop
  • Kevin Comrie as Young Boy #1
  • Hugh Magness as Young Boy #2
  • Lanes Overholt as Scratch's Girlfriend
  • Susan Brockie as Woman
  • Douglas Millwood as The Priest
  • Jim Paulson as Voice of Fight Commentator

References

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  1. ^ "Buying Time (1989) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  2. ^ "Buying Time (1989) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast - AllMovie". AllMovie. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
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