Why Shoot the Teacher?
"Everything is funny, as long as it's happening to someone else!"
1977 | 100m | English
Popularity: 0.5 (history)
| Director: | Silvio Narizzano |
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| Writer: | Max Braithwaite, James Defelice |
| Staring: |
| It's the winter of 1935 and Max Brown is newly arrived in Willowgreen, Saskatchewan - a rural Canadian prairie town - on his first teaching job in a one room schoolhouse. He quickly realizes that this is not a dream situation: the winter is harsher than he's ever experienced, he's living in the basement of the school, the older of his students treat him poorly and his wages are paltry if and when he ever does get paid. | |
| Release Date: | Jun 23, 1977 |
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| Director: | Silvio Narizzano |
| Writer: | Max Braithwaite, James Defelice |
| Genres: | Comedy, Drama |
| Keywords | isolation, great depression, prairie, teacher, schoolhouse |
| Production Companies | Canadian Film Development Corporation, Famous Players, Lancer Productions Limited, Fraser Films |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $81 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 03, 2025 (Update) Entered: Apr 27, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Bud Cort | Max Brown |
| Samantha Eggar | Alice Field |
| Chris Wiggins | Lyle Bishop |
| Gary Reineke | Harris Montgomery |
| John Friesen | Dave McDougall |
| Michael J. Reynolds | Burt Fields |
| Kenneth Griffith | Inspector Woods |
| Scott Swan | Dan Trowbridge |
| Merrilyn Gann | Sheila Barnes |
| Norma West | Mrs. Bishop |
| Margery Hill | Mrs. Montgomery |
| Joanne McNeal | Mrs. McDougall |
| George Gwin | Dance Caller |
| Doug Blake | Percy Garfield |
| Alan Stebbings | Lester Sinclair |
| Joe Yasinsky | Max's Father |
| Vernis McCuaig | Max's Mother |
| Richard Davison | Max's Brother |
| Kathie Ball | Louise Brown - Max's Sister |
| Jim Devereaux | Train Conductor |
| Phyllis Ellis | Rita Danchuk |
| Lyman Potts | Radio Announcer (voice) |
| Dale McGowan | Jake Stevenson |
| Curtis Peterson | John Stevenson |
| Andrea Paulson | Anne McDougall |
| Dale Crowle | Myron McDougall |
| Warren Sulatycky | Charlie McDougall |
| Larissa MacLean | Pearlie Sinclair |
| Michael Zwiers | Sammy Sinclair |
| Karen Bernstein | Violet Sinclair |
| Jody Hargraves | Cathy Friesen |
| Ronald Urban | Paul Friesen |
| Cynthia MacDonald | Mary Field |
| Rick Bremness | Bill Field |
| Jennifer Hill | Summer Littlewood |
| Michael Ross | Alan Littlewood |
| Murray McCune | Bob Sanderson |
| Cathy Lynn Viste | Betty Bishop |
| David Figenshaw | Carl Wells |
| Ed Bell | Dan Smith (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Max Braithwaite | Book |
| Marc Champion | Director of Photography |
| Stan Cole | Editor |
| Eva Langbord | Casting |
| Karen Bromley | Art Direction |
| Rick Hyslop | Music |
| Silvio Narizzano | Director |
| James Defelice | Writer |
| Nolan Roberts | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Fil Fraser | Executive Producer |
| Mike Cheda | Associate Producer |
| Lawrence Hertzog | Producer |
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