Main Cast: Kerrie Keane, Daniel Pilon, Saul Rubinek, Lynne Griffin, Mireille Deyglun
Release Year: 1988
Country: US/CA
Run Time: 100 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG13
Plot
A grieving mother tries to track down the hit-and-run driver who killed her 12-year-old son in this well-performed drama. Dinah Middleton (Kerrie Keane) is divorced from husband Max (Daniel Pilon). The couple's skateboarding son Alex (Leif Anderson) is hit by Owen Hughes (Saul Rubinek), a New York businessman and later dies in the hospital. After the driver is tracked to the U.S., manslaughter charges are dismissed on a technicality, and Dinah learns the treaty between Canada and the United States will make extradition nearly impossible. The differences and attitudes of the two countries toward each other becomes part of the story in addition to Dinah's search for justice. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
Ken Pogue - Detective Sergeant Sullivan; Vlasta Vrana - Phil Grandt; Colleen Dewhurst - Judge; Alan Thicke - Conrad Vaughan; Leif Anderson - Alex Middleton; Jacob Tierney - David Hughes; Mathew Mackay - Tony; Jeremy Spry - Scott; Robert Austern - Second Man in Bar; Catherine Colvey - Woman at Car Rental; Arthur Grosser - Man in Train Station; Allan Nicholls - NY Cabbie; Joanna Noyes - Dr. Julien; Ann Page - Dinah's Mother; Claire Rodger - Hughes' Secretary; Brian Dooley - Connecticut Taxi Driver; Judah Katz - First Journalist; Vera Miller; Sandi Stahlbrand - Second Journalist
Credit
Vera Miller - Casting, Ginnette Magny - Costume Designer, Mireille Goulet - First Assistant Director, Robin Spry - Director, Paul Painter - Executive Producer, Claude Pare - Production Designer, Peter Bray - Production Designer, Peter Bray - Production Manager, Robin Spry - Producer, Jamie Brown - Producer, Randy Ostrow - Set Designer, Gabor Vadnay - Sound/Sound Designer, Joe Grimaldi - Sound/Sound Designer, Don White - Sound/Sound Designer, Michael Liotta - Sound/Sound Designer, Jason Blicker - Stunts, Marco Bianco - Stunts, Douglas Bowie - Screen Story, Robin Spry - Screen Story, Douglas Bowie - Screenwriter, Tom Alderman - Book Author
A Canadian mother and businesswoman Dinah Middleton's (Keane) is devastated when her teenage son, Alex (Anderson), is killed by a hit-and-run driver. When the police fail to turn up any suspects, she turns private detective to track the killer down. She traces the murderer to New York, only to discover that the crime is not covered by the extradition treatybetween Canada and the US. She becomes obsessed with bringing the criminal to justice.
