Hitting Home

Hitting Home

102 mins | Drama, Thriller, Romance | Aug. 24, 1988

Canadian businesswoman Dinah Middleton's is devastated when her teenage son, Alex, is killed by a hit-and-run driver. When the police fail to turn up any suspects, she turns private detective to track the killer down. She traces the murderer to New York, only to discover that the crime is not covered by the extradition treaty between Canada and the US. She becomes obsessed with bringing the criminal to justice.

Hitting Home

102 mins | Drama, Thriller, Romance | Aug. 24, 1988

Hitting Home
Canadian businesswoman Dinah Middleton's is devastated when her teenage son, Alex, is killed by a hit-and-run driver. When the police fail to turn up any suspects, she turns private detective to track the killer down. She traces the murderer to New York, only to discover that the crime is not covered by the extradition treaty between Canada and the US. She becomes obsessed with bringing the criminal to justice.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers Astral Films
Original title Hitting Home
Directors Robin Spry
Writers Tom Alderman, Robin Spry, Douglas Bowie

Cast

Kerrie Keane

as Dinah Middleton

Daniel Pilon

as Max Middleton

Saul Rubinek

as Owen Hughes

Lynne Griffin

as Karen Hughes

Mireille Deyglun

as Françoise Boyer

Ken Pogue

as Detective Sergeant Sullivan

Vlasta Vrana

as Phil Grande

Leif Anderson

as Alex Middleton

Jacob Tierney

as David Hughes

Alan Thicke

as Conrad Vaughan

Colleen Dewhurst

as Judge

Mathew Mackay

as Tony

Jeremy Spry

as Scott

Meredith Beaudet

as Kimberly

Peter Blackwood

as Doctor #1

Joanna Noyes

as Dr. Julien

Catherine Colvey

as Woman at Car Rental

Jessica Caplan

as Susan Hughes

Allan F. Nicholls

as NY Cabbie

Arthur Grosser

as Man in Train Station

Claire Rodger

as Hughes' Secretary

Judith Hilderman

as Music Teacher

Judah Katz

as First Journalist

Sandi Stahlbrand

as Second Journalist

Gary Plaxton

as Prosecutor

Ann Page

as Dinah's Mother

Bob Pot

as Court Clerk

Brian Dooley

as Connecticut Taxi Driver

Staniel Stamatovic

as First Man in Bar

Robert Austern

as Second Man in Bar

Denise Beamish

as Waitress in Bar