Improper Channels

IMDb link: 0082552
IMDb rating: 5.8 (191 votes)
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Director: Alan Arkin, Eric Till
Cast: Mariette Hartley, Harry Ditson, Monica Parker and others

Release date: 17 Apr 1981
Release year: 1981
Runtime: 92 minutes
Country: Canada
Keywords: foster care, co written by co star's son, reference to mount everest, husband wife relationship, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, only child, tent, backyard camping, rainy night

Plot:

A father brings a young child to an emergency room to get treatment for a minor injury occurring in an innocent accident, but he gets accused of child abuse. Child welfare agencies commit grossly unfair over-reactions to remove the child forcibly from the Father (Arkin), who must brave the arcane system to reclaim his daughter.

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