Why Shoot the Teacher?

Why Shoot the Teacher?

100 mins | Drama, Comedy | June 23, 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.

Why Shoot the Teacher?

100 mins | Drama, Comedy | June 23, 1977

Why Shoot the Teacher?
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.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers Canadian Film Development Corporation (CFDC), Famous Players, Lancer Productions Limited, Fraser Films
Original title Why Shoot the Teacher?
Directors Silvio Narizzano
Writers Max Braithwaite, James Defelice

Cast

Bud Cort

as Max Brown

Samantha Eggar

as Alice Field

Chris Wiggins

as Lyle Bishop

Gary Reineke

as Harris Montgomery

John Friesen

as Dave McDougall

Michael J. Reynolds

as Burt Fields

Kenneth Griffith

as Inspector Woods

Scott Swan

as Dan Trowbridge

Merrilyn Gann

as Sheila Barnes

Norma West

as Mrs. Bishop

Margery Hill

as Mrs. Montgomery

Joanne McNeal

as Mrs. McDougall

George Gwin

as Dance Caller

Doug Blake

as Percy Garfield

Alan Stebbings

as Lester Sinclair

Joe Yasinsky

as Max's Father

Vernis McCuaig

as Max's Mother

Richard Davison

as Max's Brother

Kathie Ball

as Louise Brown - Max's Sister

Jim Devereaux

as Train Conductor

Phyllis Ellis

as Rita Danchuk

Lyman Potts

as Radio Announcer (voice)

Dale McGowan

as Jake Stevenson

Curtis Peterson

as John Stevenson

Andrea Paulson

as Anne McDougall

Dale Crowle

as Myron McDougall

Warren Sulatycky

as Charlie McDougall

Larissa MacLean

as Pearlie Sinclair

Michael Zwiers

as Sammy Sinclair

Karen Bernstein

as Violet Sinclair

Jody Hargraves

as Cathy Friesen

Ronald Urban

as Paul Friesen

Cynthia MacDonald

as Mary Field

Rick Bremness

as Bill Field

Jennifer Hill

as Summer Littlewood

Michael Ross

as Alan Littlewood

Murray McCune

as Bob Sanderson

Cathy Lynn Viste

as Betty Bishop

David Figenshaw

as Carl Wells

Ed Bell

as Dan Smith (uncredited)