Coming Out Alive
{{Short description|1980 Canadian film directed by Don McBrearty}}
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| genre = Action
Crime
Drama
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| writer = John Kent Harrison
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| director = Don McBrearty
| starring = Helen Shaver
Scott Hylands
Michael Ironside
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| theme_music_composer = Glenn Morley
| country = Canada
| language = English
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| executive_producer = Stanley Colbert
| producer = Lawrence S. Mirkin
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| cinematography = Nikos Evdemon
| runtime = 73 minutes
| company = Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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| released = {{Start date|1980|09|27}}
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Coming Out Alive is a 1980 Canadian television thriller film starring Helen Shaver, Scott Hylands, and Michael Ironside while being directed by Don McBrearty.{{cite web|title=Coming Out Alive(1980)|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087073/|publisher=imdb.com|access-date=3 January 2014}}{{cite web|title=Coming Out Alive (1984)|url=https://www.amazon.com/Coming-Out-Alive-Helen-Shaver/dp/B000M9DZUG|access-date=3 January 2014}}{{cite web|title=Coming Out Alive (1984)|url=http://www.blockbuster.com/browse/catalog/movieDetails/6825|publisher=blockbuster.com|access-date=3 January 2014}}{{cite web|title=Coming-Out-Alive (1984)|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/10515/Coming-Out-Alive/overview|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140118065921/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/10515/Coming-Out-Alive/overview|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 January 2014|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|publisher=Baseline & All Movie Guide|author=John Bush|date=2014|access-date=3 January 2014}}
Plot
After mother Isobel's disabled son Nicky is kidnapped by her estranged husband, she hires a hitman to reclaim him.
Cast
{{Cast listing|
- Helen Shaver as Isobel
- Scott Hylands as Jocko
- Michael Ironside as Gateway
- Christopher Crabb as Nicky
- Doug McGrath as Kirkwood
- Anne Ditchburn as Jane
- Monica Parker as Mrs. Tamblyn
- Winston Rekert as Cab Driver
- Amelia Hall as Sylvia
- John Rutter as Kennedy
- Patrick Brymer as Snyder
- Raymond Bélisle as Marcel
- John Bayliss as Fred
- Patrick Sinclair as Marvin
- Barbara Gordon as Helen
- Ken Anderson as Elwood
}}
Release
The film was released to video in the US by Trans World Entertainment in 1984.
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0087073}}
Category:Canadian thriller films
Category:Canadian drama television films
Category:English-language Canadian films
Category:Films directed by Don McBrearty
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