Gone Are the Dayes is a 1984 American made-for-television crime comedy film produced by Walt Disney Productions directed by Gabrielle Beaumont and starring Harvey Korman, Susan Anspach and Robert Hogan. It originally aired in May 1984 on the Disney Channel as their second feature film.
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Plot
When the Daye family goes out to dinner, they become accidental witnesses to a gangland slaying at a Japanese restaurant. One of the mobsters, Nick Delgado, is shot and captured, and the family reluctantly agrees to testify against him for the government. After Nick's father, mobster Papa Delgado, sends his other son Frank to silence the Dayes, the FBI assigns Charlie Mitchell, a grizzled and unlucky veteran agent, to protect them until the trial.
Release & reception
Gone Are the Dayes was released by Walt Disney Home Video through VHS and Betamax in December 1984. Disney Channel president James P. Jimirro remarked that the film was "received very well - strongly enough to encourage us to move forward vigorously with additional movies."