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directed by

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and starring

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and

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Premise

A war veteran finds out that a former prostitute had his baby. Doubting it's his, he gives it away, so she reports him. Twenty years later, she still wants to find her son. She meets a young man and falls in love, but the veteran's prison term ends.

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* 1978 films 1978 drama films Canadian drama films English-language Canadian films Films scored by Henry Mancini Films about prostitution in Canada Films directed by Boris Sagal Films shot in Montreal Incest in film 1970s English-language films 1970s Canadian films {{1970s-Canada-film-stub