Samuel Lount
6.5
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.
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22 people
Malcolm Black
Peter Matthews
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David Bolt
Dr. Rolph
Known for
Videodrome
Prom Night
Kitaro
Known for
Sanctuary
Kamen Rider
Laurence Keane
Elvira Lount
Donald Davis
Bishop Strachan
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Oedipus Rex
Joy in the Morning
Phil Savath
George Dawson
Alderman Powell
Known for
The Nevers
Richard Donat
Sheriff Jarvis
Known for
Haven
Ewoks
David Fox
David Willson
Andrew Gillies
Sir Francis Bond Head
Known for
12 Monkeys
Orphan Black
Linda Griffiths
Elizabeth Lount
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Laurence Keane Director · Phil Savath Writer Laurence Keane Writer
Budget $1.8M · First release September 12, 1985 · Produced in Canada
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Budget
$1,800,000
Production
Moonshine Productions
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Canada
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Canada · September 12, 1985
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No release date listed for United States.
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