Improper Channels

Improper Channels

92 mins | Comedy | April 17, 1981

A father brings a young child to an emergency room to get treatment for a minor injury occurring in an innocent accident, but he gets accused of child abuse. Child welfare agencies commit grossly unfair over-reactions to remove the child forcibly from the Father, who must brave the arcane system to reclaim his daughter.

Improper Channels

92 mins | Comedy | April 17, 1981

Improper Channels
A father brings a young child to an emergency room to get treatment for a minor injury occurring in an innocent accident, but he gets accused of child abuse. Child welfare agencies commit grossly unfair over-reactions to remove the child forcibly from the Father, who must brave the arcane system to reclaim his daughter.
IMDb rating 5.9
Producers Crown International Pictures, Canadian Film Development Corporation (CFDC), Paragon Motion Pictures
Original title Improper Channels
Directors Eric Till
Writers Ian Sutherland, Morrie Ruvinsky, Adam Arkin

Cast

Alan Arkin

as Jeffery Martley

Mariette Hartley

as Diana Martley

Monica Parker

as Gloria Washburn

Martin Yan

as Sherman Hu

Sarah Stevens

as Nancy Martley

Harry Ditson

as Harold Clevish

Tony Rosato

as Dr. Arpenthaler

Joyce Gordon

as Dr. Peacock

Sylvia Marie Llewellyn

as ER Nurse #1