When the Daye family goes out for food at a Japanese restaurant, they witness a gangland slaying. A federal agent, named Mitchell, persuades the parents to be witnesses in the trial against the gang boss who ordered the hit.
Gone Are the Dayes was released by Walt Disney Home Video through VHS and Betamax in December 1984.[3][4] 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."[5]