Hide in Plain Sight

Hide in Plain Sight (1980)

If the Justice Dept of the United States abducted your children, what would you do?

True story of a man in search of his children after his ex-wife enters the Witness Protection Program.

Date of release
1980-03-21
TMDB
5.7 / 10 (18)
Runtime
1h 32m
Genres
Drama
Director
James Caan

Casting

Interesting facts

Hide in Plain Sight is a 1980 American drama film directed by and starring James Caan with the story line based on an actual case from the files of New York attorney Salvatore R. Martoche, who represented Tom Leonhard, a real-life victim from Buffalo, New York who had sued to recover contact with his children, estranged by the culpability of the new husband and government, soon realizing his own past is coming back to get him.

Production

The film was Caan's passion project, taking him two years to make. It was his intention to release the film without a music score, but MGM executives prevailed.

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