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Martin's Day

  • 19851985
  • PGPG
  • 1h 38m
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
346
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Martin's Day (1985)
Drama
Threatened with recapture after a prison escape, Martin Stechert takes a twelve-year-old as hostage. Soon, this kid, begins to admire "Stech" for his cheeky pranks against society and his de... Read allThreatened with recapture after a prison escape, Martin Stechert takes a twelve-year-old as hostage. Soon, this kid, begins to admire "Stech" for his cheeky pranks against society and his desperate mission to make dreams come true.Threatened with recapture after a prison escape, Martin Stechert takes a twelve-year-old as hostage. Soon, this kid, begins to admire "Stech" for his cheeky pranks against society and his desperate mission to make dreams come true.
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
346
YOUR RATING
    • Alan Gibson
    • Chris Bryant
    • Allan Scott
  • Stars
    • Richard Harris
    • Lindsay Wagner
    • James Coburn
    • Alan Gibson
    • Chris Bryant
    • Allan Scott
  • Stars
    • Richard Harris
    • Lindsay Wagner
    • James Coburn
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    • 8User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Martin's Day (1985)
    Martin's Day (1985)
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    Justin Henry in Martin's Day (1985)
    James Coburn and Lindsay Wagner in Martin's Day (1985)
    Justin Henry in Martin's Day (1985)
    Richard Harris and Justin Henry in Martin's Day (1985)
    Karen Black and Richard Harris in Martin's Day (1985)
    Richard Harris and Justin Henry in Martin's Day (1985)
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    Richard Harris and Justin Henry in Martin's Day (1985)

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    Richard Harris
    Richard Harris
    • Martin Steckert
    Lindsay Wagner
    Lindsay Wagner
    • Dr. Mennen
    James Coburn
    James Coburn
    • Lt. Lardner
    Justin Henry
    Justin Henry
    • Martin
    Karen Black
    Karen Black
    • Karen
    John Ireland
    John Ireland
    • Brewer
    Saul Rubinek
    Saul Rubinek
    • Hitchhiker
    R.H. Thomson
    R.H. Thomson
    • Paul Mennen
    • (as R.H. Thompson)
    Dwayne McLean
    • Youngman
    Frank Adamson
    Frank Adamson
    • Garby
    Hugh Webster
    • Gas Station Attendant
    J. Winston Carroll
    • Train Driver
    • (as J.W. Carroll)
    Bob Windsor
    • Train Engineer
    Jeff Braunstein
    • Berglas
    Dini Petty
    • Newscaster
    Martin Buchert
    • Young Steckert
    Bob Aarrons
    • Malvern Cop
    Bob Collins
    • Truck Driver
      • Alan Gibson
      • Chris Bryant
      • Allan Scott
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    • Trivia
      The name and street address of the toy company on the truck Martin Steckert pulls over is fictionally named after the movie's producers. "Roy's Toys" on "Dalton Street" is an homage to producers Roy Krost and Richard F. Dalton.
    • Goofs
      Canadians would rarely refer to a retreat by the lake as a cabin, but rather, as "a cottage".
    • Quotes

      [first lines]

      Martin Steckert: The cabin was just home. Just me, my father. And he died, and it was just me.

    • Connections
      Referenced in A Perfect World (1993)
    • Soundtracks
      I'm Going Back to Where I Came From
      (uncredited)

      Written by Carson Robison

    User reviews8

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    8/10
    LIBERTY IS WHERE IT CAN BE FOUND BY ODDLY MATCHED SOULMATES.
    A well-made and imaginative production, refreshingly free from cliché, this somewhat picaresque affair recounts a tale of a close friendship that develops between a man and a boy under less than ideal conditions: the man an escaped convict who has kidnapped the youth for his value as a hostage. Expertly directed by Alan Gibson with a fine sense for balanced narrative movement, the film provides freshness in nearly every scene, as felon Martin Steckert (Richard Harris), believing that his rejection for parole was particularly undeserved, contrives a convoluted but ultimately successful escape plan, following which his spontaneous nature comes to the fore as he flees to the lakeside residence of his childhood. Often bursting into song or dancing a few steps, the capricious Steckert gradually gains the trust and affection of his captive and, as police close in for an inevitable showdown, the tethered pair are seen to be a great deal alike in their responses to forms of rejection, as discerned by a psychiatrist (Lindsay Wagner) assigned to aid a zealous police lieutenant (James Coburn) who is in charge of the manhunt for Steckert and his "prisoner". This is an engrossing story, worth telling, a quickly-paced and novel adventure that profits from a capital performance by Harris, fine turns from Wagner, Coburn, and Karen Black, along with Justin Henry as the snatched lad, with an appropriately whimsical score contributed by Wilfred Josephs, and top-notch cinematography by Frank Watts, with all footage shot in a beautiful autumnal Ontario province.
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    • Nov 25, 2004

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    • Release date
      • February 22, 1985 (United States)
      • Canada
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      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Blantyre P.S., Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
    • Production companies
      • United Artists
      • World Film Services
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    • 1 hour 38 minutes
      • Color
      • Stereo

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