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Hitting Home is a canadien film of genre Drama directed by Robin Spry with Kerrie Keane
Hitting Home (1987)
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Add to a movie listObsessed (also known as Hitting Home) is a 1987 Canadian drama film. The story is based on a novel by Tom Alderman.
Synopsis
A Canadian mother and businesswoman Dinah Middleton (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.Actors
Kerrie Keane
(Dinah Middleton)
Sam Robards
Daniel Pilon
(Max Middleton)
Saul Rubinek
(Owen Hughes)
Jenna Elfman
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