A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
September 1, 1987
Original Title:
Blindside
Genres:
Romance | Thriller
Production Companies:
Simcom Limited
Téléfilm Canada
Production Countries:
Canada
Ratings / Certifications:
US: R
Runtime: 98
Harvey Keitel plays Penfield Gruber, a once great scientist, reduced to managing a sleazy hotel. Gruber monitors the daily comings and goings of his tenants, mainly for his own interest, until underworld figures ask him to spy on a suspected double-crosser. While watching the man, Gruber overhears a murder plot.
Associate Producer:
Ilana Frank
Casting:
Lucinda Sill
Co-Producer:
Ray Sager
Costume Design:
Nada Healy
Director:
Paul Lynch
Director of Photography:
Rene Ohashi
Editor:
Stephen Lawrence
Original Music Composer:
Paul Zaza
Producer:
Peter R. Simpson
Production Design:
Sandra Kybartas
Property Master:
Emil Glassbourg
Set Decoration:
Alan Fellows
Writer:
Richard Beattie
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