Main Cast: Alan Arkin, Mariette Hartley, Sarah Stevens, Monica Parker, Harry Ditson
Release Year: 1981
Country: CA
Run Time: 91 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG
Plot
Alan Arkin plays a hapless architect named Jeffrey Martley, separated from his sprightly writer wife Diana (Mariette Hartley) and his wise-beyond-her-years five-year-old daughter Nancy (Sarah Stevens). When Nancy is injured in Jeffrey's camper, she is taken to the hospital where a misunderstanding leads doctors to believe she is the victim of child abuse. An imperious social worker, Gloria Washburn (Monica Parker), compiles a computer dossier on Jeffrey, and Nancy is taken away from him and put in an orphanage. When Diana finds out the situation, she gets back together with Jeffrey in order to try to get their daughter out of the orphanage. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
Leslie Yeo - Fred; Tony Rosato - Dr. Arpenthaller; Philip Akin - Cop; Harvey Atkin - Sergeant; Ken Camroux; Les Carlson; Eugene Clark; Eric Clavering; Richard W. Farrell - Fraser; Ben Gordon; Luba Goy; Tim Henry; Danny Higham - Jack; Kate Lynch; Wayne Robson; Patrick Rose; Ruth Springford - Mrs. Wharton; Teddy Turner; Richard Blackburn - Fraser's Assistant; Joyce Gordon; Lynda Mason Green; Jessica Booker; Patrick Patterson; David Main; Jane Mallett; Marianne McIsaac; Elias Zarou; Martin Yan - Cook
Credit
Ninkey Dalton - Art Director, Charles Dunlop - Art Director, Eric Till - Director, Thom Noble - Editor, Jon Slan - Executive Producer, Maribeth Solomon - Composer (Music Score), Micky Erbe - Composer (Music Score), Anthony Richmond - Cinematographer, Morrie Ruvinsky - Producer, Alfred Pariser - Producer, Morrie Ruvinsky - Screen Story, Adam Arkin - Screenwriter, Morrie Ruvinsky - Screenwriter, Ian Sutherland - Screenwriter, Andrew Deskin - Properties Master
Improper Channels is a 1981 comedy-drama film starring Alan Arkin and Mariette Hartley, both of whom were nominated for Genie Awards for their performances. Arkin plays an architect named Jeff Martley who is erroneously accused of child abuse by an overzealous social worker (Monica Parker). Hartley plays Martley's estranged wife. The film was released in the United States in 1981.
