Improper Channels (1981)
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Alan Arkin plays a hapless architect named Jeffrey Martley, separated from his sprightly writer wife Diana (Mariette Hartley) and his wise-beyond-her-years five-year-old daughter Nancy (Sarah Stevens). When Nancy is injured in Jeffrey's camper, she is taken to the hospital where a misunderstanding leads doctors to believe she is the victim of child abuse. An imperious social worker, Gloria Washburn (Monica Parker), compiles a computer dossier on Jeffrey, and Nancy is taken away from him and put in an orphanage. When Diana finds out the situation, she gets back together with Jeffrey in order to try to get their daughter out of the orphanage. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
- Starring:
- Alan Arkin, Mariette Hartley, (more)
- Director(s):
- Eric Till
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
Synopsis of Improper Channels
Alan Arkin plays a hapless architect named Jeffrey Martley, separated from his sprightly writer wife Diana (Mariette Hartley) and his wise-beyond-her-years five-year-old daughter Nancy (Sarah Stevens). When Nancy is injured in Jeffrey's camper, she is taken to the hospital where a misunderstanding leads doctors to believe she is the victim of child abuse. An imperious social worker, Gloria Washburn (Monica Parker), compiles a computer dossier on Jeffrey, and Nancy is taken away from him and put in an orphanage. When Diana finds out the situation, she gets back together with Jeffrey in order to try to get their daughter out of the orphanage. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
Complete Cast of Improper Channels
- Alan Arkin - Jeffrey Martley
- Sarah Stevens - Nancy Martley
- Harry Ditson - Harold Clevish
- Tony Rosato - Dr. Arpenthaller
- Harvey Atkin - Sergeant
- Les Carlson
- Eric Clavering
- Ben Gordon
- Tim Henry
- Kate Lynch
- Martin Yan - Cook
- Marianne McIsaac
- David Main
- Jessica Booker
- Joyce Gordon
- Patrick Rose
- Teddy Turner
- Mariette Hartley - Diana Martley
- Monica Parker - Gloria Washburn
- Leslie Yeo - Fred
- Philip Akin - Cop
- Ken Camroux
- Eugene Clark
- Richard W. Farrell - Fraser
- Luba Goy
- Danny Higham - Jack
- Richard Blackburn - Fraser's Assistant
- Elias Zarou
- Jane Mallett
- Patrick Patterson
- Lynda Mason Green
- Wayne Robson
- Ruth Springford - Mrs. Wharton
- Director(s):
- Eric Till
- Writer(s):
- Ian Sutherland, Adam Arkin, Morrie Ruvinsky
- Producer(s):
- Alfred Pariser, Morrie Ruvinsky
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG(Adult Language, Questionable for Children, Violence, Adult Situations)
- 1982 - Genie Awards - Best Actor - Foreign
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