Why Shoot the Teacher? 1977 Directed by Silvio Narizzano
"Everything is funny, as long as it's happening to someone else!"
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.
Production Companies
Canadian Film Development Corporation
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Famous Players
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Lancer Productions Limited
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Fraser Films
Budget $81
Release Date 23 June 1977
100 mins
Cast
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)
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Director
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Producer
Executive Producer
Cinematography
Editor
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Art Direction
Music
Casting