Robert Baldwin: A Matter Of Principle

Robert Baldwin: A Matter Of Principle

32 mins | Jan. 1, 1961

This film is a reconstruction of Robert Baldwin’s involvement in the Upper Canada Rebellion of 1837. Though bound to the cause of constitutional reform by principle, Baldwin’s heart was with the rebels and in the midst of armed revolt, he withdrew to fight a lonely battle with himself.

Robert Baldwin: A Matter Of Principle

32 mins | Jan. 1, 1961

Robert Baldwin: A Matter Of Principle
This film is a reconstruction of Robert Baldwin’s involvement in the Upper Canada Rebellion of 1837. Though bound to the cause of constitutional reform by principle, Baldwin’s heart was with the rebels and in the midst of armed revolt, he withdrew to fight a lonely battle with himself.
Producers National Film Board of Canada
Original title Robert Baldwin: A Matter Of Principle
Directors Lucie Thivierge, John Howe
Writers Eric Cross, M. Charles Cohen

Cast

Leo Ciceri

as Robert Baldwin

Ed McGibbon

as Samuel Lount

Alan Mills

as Peter Mathews

Alfred Gallagher

as Doctor Baldwin

Ivor Barry

as Sir George Arthur

Alan King

as Sir Francis Bond Head?

Douglas Rain

as William Lyon Mackenzie

Henry Ramer

as Francis Hincks

Norman Ettlinger

as Colonel James FitzGibbon

Gerald Rowan

as Dr. John Strachan?

Gillie Fenwick

as Sir Francis Bond Head

Leslie Yeo

as John Montgomery