Samuel Lount

Samuel Lount

97 mins | Sept. 12, 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.

Samuel Lount

97 mins | Sept. 12, 1985

Samuel Lount
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.
Producers Moonshine Productions
Original title Samuel Lount
Directors Laurence Keane, Stephen Reynolds, Roman Buchok
Writers Laurence Keane, Phil Savath

Cast

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)