Underplayed Gems

Confidential (1986)

Confidential poster
Directed by
Bruce Pittman
Genre
horror, crime
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 31m
Rating
3.3 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A journalist goes missing while researching an old murder case. A private detective is hired to find him in this Canadian crime story set in the 1940s.

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What happens

Confidential is a Canadian crime drama film, directed by Bruce Pittman and released in 1986. Set in the 1940s, the film stars Neil Munro as Hugh Jameson, a journalist who sets out to research an unsolved murder from several decades earlier, but goes missing himself, necessitating the hiring of private detective Charles Ripley (August Schellenberg) to attempt to find him. The film's cast also includes Chapelle Jaffe, Tom Butler and Linda Goranson. The film premiered at the 1986 Festival of Festivals. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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