Hide in Plain Sight (1980)

Directed by

James Caan

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 32m

Rated

PG

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 18 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man from Buffalo tries to regain custody of his children after his ex-wife's new husband becomes involved. He struggles against a government system that has pushed his family away.

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What happens

Hide in Plain Sight is a 1980 American drama film directed by and starring James Caan with the story line based on an actual case from the files of New York attorney Salvatore R. Martoche, who represented Tom Leonhard, a real-life victim from Buffalo, New York who had sued to recover contact with his children, estranged by the culpability of the new husband and government, soon realizing his own past is coming back to get him. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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