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Buying Time

When you're caught between the law and the underworld... you need more than time on your side.
1989 | 103m | English

(84 votes)

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Popularity: 0.2 (history)

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Petty thieves Jabber and Reno are blackmailed by the police to uncover the identity of a mobster who is killing the city's drug dealers. While reluctant, they're convinced by the offer to expunge their own crimes. They go undercover and track a suspect named Curtis King. Soon they find evidence of Curtis's crimes, but amplify the danger in which they find themselves.
Release Date: Apr 01, 1989
Director: Mitchell Gabourie
Writer: Mitchell Gabourie, Richard Gabourie
Genres: Crime, Thriller
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Production Companies Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, United Artists
Box Office Revenue: $0
Budget: $0
Updates Updated: Feb 19, 2026
Entered: Apr 28, 2024
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Name Character
Jeff Schultz Jabber
Page Fletcher Curtis
Dean Stockwell Detective Novak
Laura Cruikshank Jessica
Thick Wilson Supervisor
Leslie Toth Reno
Eric Keenleyside Bartender
Michael Rudder Cody
Name Job
Mitchell Gabourie Screenplay, Director
Richard Gabourie Screenplay
Marta Nielsen Sternberg Sound Effects Editor
Terry Burke Foley Artist
Tony Currie Dialogue Editor
Wayne Griffin ADR Editor
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