Why Shoot the Teacher? (1977)
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.
Director: Silvio Narizzano
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Bud Cort as Max Brown |
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Samantha Eggar as Alice Field |
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Chris Wiggins as Lyle Bishop |
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Gary Reineke as Harris Montgomery |
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John Friesen as Dave McDougall |
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Michael J. Reynolds as Burt Fields |
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Kenneth Griffith as Inspector Woods |
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Scott Swan as Dan Trowbridge |
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Merrilyn Gann as Sheila Barnes |
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Norma West as Mrs. Bishop |
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Margery Hill as Mrs. Montgomery |
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Joanne McNeal as Mrs. McDougall |
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George Gwin as Dance Caller |
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Doug Blake as Percy Garfield |
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Alan Stebbings as Lester Sinclair |
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Joe Yasinsky as Max's Father |
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Vernis McCuaig as Max's Mother |
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Richard Davison as Max's Brother |
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Kathie Ball as Louise Brown - Max's Sister |
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Jim Devereaux as Train Conductor |
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Lyman Potts as Radio Announcer (voice) |
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Dale McGowan as Jake Stevenson |
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Curtis Peterson as John Stevenson |
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Andrea Paulson as Anne McDougall |
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Dale Crowle as Myron McDougall |
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Warren Sulatycky as Charlie McDougall |
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Larissa MacLean as Pearlie Sinclair |
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Michael Zwiers as Sammy Sinclair |
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Karen Bernstein as Violet Sinclair |
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Jody Hargraves as Cathy Friesen |
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Ronald Urban as Paul Friesen |
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Cynthia MacDonald as Mary Field |
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Rick Bremness as Bill Field |
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Jennifer Hill as Summer Littlewood |
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Michael Ross as Alan Littlewood |
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Murray McCune as Bob Sanderson |
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Cathy Lynn Viste as Betty Bishop |
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David Figenshaw as Carl Wells |
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Ed Bell as Dan Smith (uncredited) |
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Phyllis Ellis as Rita Danchuk |
| Directing | Silvio Narizzano | Director |
| Camera | Marc Champion | Director of Photography |
| Art | Karen Bromley | Art Direction |
| Production | Fil Fraser | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Stan Cole | Editor |
| Production | Lawrence Hertzog | Producer |
| Production | Eva Langbord | Casting |
| Production | Mike Cheda | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Rick Hyslop | Music |
| Sound | Nolan Roberts | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Writing | James Defelice | Writer |
| Writing | Max Braithwaite | Book |
