Samuel Lount

Samuel Lount (1985)

Back in 1837 in the Northwoods of Canada and beyond, a movement was started among the colonialists to demand the right to own property in the New World. This interesting docudrama follows the tragic outcome of that movement for one of its leaders, the pacifist and nearly beatific Samuel Lount (also the great-great-great uncle of producer Elvira Lount). The orator and journalist William Lyon Mackenzie stoked up the fire among the property-deprived, and a march on Toronto was begun. Lount was convinced to join the rebellion much against his better judgment -- he belonged to the Children of Peace religious sect. Lount's own pacifism meant nothing to the authorities; they executed Lount for treason after crushing the rebellion. R.H. Thomson plays the title role in this low-budget but high-energy effort.

Director: Laurence Keane

Casts

	Malcolm Black as Peter Matthews
	David Bolt as Dr. Rolph
	Donald Davis as Bishop Strachan
	George Dawson as Alderman Powell
	Richard Donat as Sheriff Jarvis
	David Fox as David Willson
	Andrew Gillies as Sir Francis Bond Head
	Linda Griffiths as Elizabeth Lount
	Manu Lauzon as Daniel Lount
	Gary Levert as Rebel
	Jack Medley as Prime Minister of England
	Christopher Newton as Colonial Secretary, Glenelg
	David Petersen as William Robinson
	Andrew Sabiston as Young Willson
	Booth Savage as Edward Kennedy
	Cedric Smith as William Lyon Mackenzie
	R.H. Thomson as Samuel Lount
	Sheila Boyd as Wedding Guest (uncredited)

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