Buying Time

{{Infobox film | name = Buying Time | image = Buying Time poster.jpg | alt = | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = Mitchell Gabourie | screenplay = Mitchell Gabourie [[Richard Gabourie]] Gordon McDonald Dean Gabourie | producer = Richard Gabourie | starring = [[Jeff Schultz (actor)|Jeff Schultz]] Laura Cruickshank [[Page Fletcher]] Leslie Toth [[Dean Stockwell]] | cinematography = Manfred Guthe | editing = Michael Todd | music = David Krystal | studio = Louis George | distributor = [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer|MGM/UA Communications Co.]] (through [[United Artists]]) | released = {{Film date|1988|12|02|Canada|1989|5|12|United States}} | runtime = 103 minutes | country = Canada | language = English | budget = | gross = }}

'''''Buying Time''''' is a 1988 Canadian [[action film]] directed by Mitchell Gabourie and written by Mitchell Gabourie, [[Richard Gabourie]], Gordon McDonald and Dean Gabourie. The film stars [[Jeff Schultz (actor)|Jeff Schultz]], Laura Cruickshank, [[Page Fletcher]], Leslie Toth and [[Dean Stockwell]]. The film was released on May 12, 1989, by [[United Artists]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/442850/buying-time|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129204444/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/442850/Buying-Time/|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 29, 2014|title=Buying Time (1989) - Overview - TCM.com|work=Turner Classic Movies|access-date=1 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/buying-time-v7693|title=Buying Time (1989) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast - AllMovie|work=AllMovie|accessdate=1 November 2014}}</ref>

==Plot== A low-budget crime drama set in Toronto concerning a couple of likable petty thieves, Jabber and Reno ([[Jeff Schultz (actor)|Jeff Schultz]] and Leslie Toth), who are forced by the police ([[Dean Stockwell]]) to go undercover to discover who is killing the city's drug dealers.

== Cast == {{Cast listing| *[[Jeff Schultz (actor)|Jeff Schultz]] as Jabber *Laura Cruickshank as Jessica *[[Page Fletcher]] as Curtis *Leslie Toth as Reno *[[Dean Stockwell]] as Detective Novak *[[Wayne Robson]] as Rolley *[[Michael Rudder]] as Cody *Susan Potvin as Stella *Martin Louis as Dez *Sonny Forbes as Rosie *Tony De Santis as Detective Delori *Michèle Duquet as Charlotte *[[Eric Keenleyside]] as Bartender *Thick Wilson as Supervisor *Louis Di Bianco as Scratch *Ann McMillan as Jabber's Mother *Sean Clattenburg as Young Boy *Gerry Pearson as Jimmy *Jessica Booker as Aunt Babs *[[Christie MacFadyen]] as Angela *Michael A. Miranda as Drug Buyer *John Rutter as Mover *Guy Sanvido as Storekeeper *Fred Booker as Mr. Wilkinson *Rob Wilton as Young Cop *Kevin Comrie as Young Boy #1 *Hugh Magness as Young Boy #2 *Lanes Overholt as Scratch's Girlfriend *Susan Brockie as Woman *Douglas Millwood as The Priest *Jim Paulson as Voice of Fight Commentator }}

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== External links == * {{IMDb title|0096998|Buying Time}}

[[Category:1988 films]] [[Category:1988 action films]] [[Category:1988 English-language films]] [[Category:1988 Canadian films]] [[Category:1988 crime drama films]] [[Category:English-language Canadian films]] [[Category:United Artists films]] [[Category:Canadian action films]] [[Category:English-language action films]] [[Category:Films set in Toronto]]