Buying Time | |
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Directed by | Mitchell Gabourie |
Screenplay by | Mitchell Gabourie Richard Gabourie Gordon McDonald Dean Gabourie |
Produced by | Richard Gabourie |
Starring | Jeff Schultz Laura Cruickshank Page Fletcher Leslie Toth Dean Stockwell |
Cinematography | Manfred Guthe |
Edited by | Michael Todd |
Music by | David Krystal |
Production company | Louis George |
Distributed by | MGM/UA Communications Co. (through United Artists) |
Release date |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
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