Hitting Home | |
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Directed by | Robin Spry |
Produced by | Jamie Brown Robin Spry |
Written by | novel Tom Alderman screenplay Douglas Bowie |
Starring | Kerrie Keane Daniel Pilon Saul Rubinek |
Music by | Jean-Alain Roussel |
Cinematography | Ron Stannett |
Editing by | Diann Ilnicki |
Studio | Les Films Téléscène Inc. |
Distributed by | New Star Entertainment |
Release date(s) | November 1988 (USA) |
Running time | 102 min. |
Country | Canada |
Language | English & French |
Hitting Home (Obsessed in Canada) is a 1987 Canadian drama film. The story is based on a book by Tom Alderman.
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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 treaty between Canada and the US. She becomes obsessed with bringing the criminal to justice.