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    Hide in Plain Sight

    PG1980 · Crime drama · 1h 38m

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  1. 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 Buffalo, New York, victim who had sued to recover contact with his children estranged by the culpability of the new husband and government, soon realizing his own ...

    • under $2 million (North America), $3,806,930
    • Robert W. Christiansen, Rick Rosenberg
  2. Mar 21, 1980 · Hide in Plain Sight: Directed by James Caan. With James Caan, Jill Eikenberry, Robert Viharo, Joe Grifasi. A divorced factory worker in 1967 Buffalo fights for custody of his children after his ex-wife marries a low-level mobster who enters the witness protection program, battling with government officials who seem to have little sympathy.

    • James Caan
    • 2 min
  3. The phrase “hide in plain sight” is a common idiom used to describe a situation where something or someone is hiding in plain view, but is not easily noticeable. The origins of this phrase can be traced back to ancient times when people would use camouflage to blend into their surroundings and avoid being detected by enemies.

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  5. Tom Hacklin (James Caan) is a blue-collar worker in Buffalo, N.Y., whose estranged wife, Ruthie (Barbara Rae), has taken up with a local mobster, Jack Scolese (Robert Viharo). When Scolese agrees ...

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    • James Caan
    • PG
    • James Caan
  6. In 1960's Buffalo, New York, divorced Thomas Hacklin, Jr. is an honest, hard working working class stiff who adores his two young children, Andy and Junie, more than anything in the world. His ex-wife Ruthie has custody of the children, but Tom has all the access he wants to them. Tom doesn't like Ruthie's new boyfriend, Jack Scolese, and Jack ...

  7. Advertisement. This is a terrifying story, a Kafkaesque puzzle that we can imagine being made into a very good movie. But "Hide in Plain Sight" lets us down. The movie's basic weaknesses seem to be in the screenplay and the direction (with James Caan directing himself in his filmmaking debut). At some point early in the history of this film ...

  8. May 5, 2012 · Hide In Plain Sight (1980) -- (Movie Clip) Terrific GirlContinuing from the opening scene, Buffalo, NY, 1967, "Hack" (James Caan, who also directed) departs with factory buddy Matty (Joe Grifasi) then takes over child care from his ex-wife Ruthie (Barbra Rae) and her mobbed-up boyfriend Scolese (Robert Viharo), in Hide In Plain Sight, 1980.

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