''Buying Time'' is a 1989 Canadian

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directed by Mitchell Gabourie and written by Mitchell Gabourie,

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, Gordon McDonald and Dean Gabourie. The film stars Jeff Schultz, Laura Cruickshank,

Page Fletcher Charles Page Fletcher (born 25 February 1951) is a Canadian actor who has starred in films and on television. He is best known for his role on the 1980s hit HBO TV series ''The Hitchhiker (TV series), The Hitchhiker'' as the main title characte ...

, Leslie Toth and

Dean Stockwell Robert Dean Stockwell (March 5, 1936 – November 7, 2021) was an American actor with a career spanning seven decades. As a child actor under contract to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, he first came to the public's attention in films including ''Anchors A ...

. The film was released on May 12, 1989, by

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Plot

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 (

) to go undercover to discover who is killing the city's drug dealers.

Cast

References

External links

* 1989 films English-language Canadian films United Artists films Canadian action films 1989 action films 1980s English-language films 1980s Canadian films {{1980s-action-film-stub