Buying Time
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“When you're caught between the law and the underworld... you need more than time on your side.”
Petty thieves Jabber and Reno are blackmailed by the police to uncover the identity of a mobster who is killing the city's drug dealers. While reluctant, they're convinced by the offer to expunge their own crimes. They go undercover and track a suspect named Curtis King. Soon they find evidence of Curtis's crimes, but amplify the danger in which they find themselves.
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Cast
23 people
Jeff Schultz
Jabber
Known for
The Stepfather
Page Fletcher
Curtis
Known for
Robocop: Prime Directives
Humongous
Mitchell Gabourie
Richard Gabourie
Dean Stockwell
Detective Novak
Known for
Quantum Leap
The Langoliers
Laura Cruickshank
Jessica
Laura Cruikshank
Jessica
No other roles listed
Gordon McDonald
Thick Wilson
Supervisor
Known for
The Mirror Crack'd
Dean Gabourie
Leslie Toth
Reno
Also in
Young Again
Unfinished Business
Eric Keenleyside
Bartender
Known for
Superman & Lois
The Edge of Seventeen
Mitchell Gabourie Director · Richard Gabourie Screenplay
United States release April 1, 1989 · Produced in Canada · Production Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, United Artists Pictures
Production
United Artists
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production · Distribution
United Artists Pictures
Production
Canada
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
France · May 14, 1988
Cannes Film Market
United States · April 1, 1989
Theatrical
Canada
April 1, 1989 · Limited theatrical
Portugal
March 30, 1990
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