Confidential (1986 film)

Confidential
Directed byBruce Pittman
Written byBruce Pittman
Produced byAnthony Kramreither
StarringNeil Munro
August Schellenberg
Chapelle Jaffe
CinematographyJohn Herzog
Edited byBronwen Hughes
Bruce Pittman
Music byBruce Ley
Production
company
Brightstar Films
Distributed byCineplex Odeon
Release date
  • September 7, 1986 (1986-09-07) (TIFF)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Confidential is a Canadian crime drama film, directed by Bruce Pittman and released in 1986.[1] Set in the 1940s, the film stars Neil Munro as Hugh Jameson, a journalist who sets out to research an unsolved murder from several decades earlier, but goes missing himself, necessitating the hiring of private detective Charles Ripley (August Schellenberg) to attempt to find him.[2]

The film's cast also includes Chapelle Jaffe, Tom Butler and Linda Goranson.

The film premiered at the 1986 Festival of Festivals.[1]

  1. ^ a b Jay Scott, "New style of NFB films mirrors Canadian life". The Globe and Mail, September 10, 1986.
  2. ^ Joel Rubinoff, "Suspense murdered in Canadian thrillers". Toronto Star, April 1, 1997.