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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.

1977 |1h 40m |  Drama, Comedy

Cast

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Bud Cort

Max Brown

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Samantha Eggar

Alice Field

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Chris Wiggins

Lyle Bishop

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Gary Reineke

Harris Montgomery

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John Friesen

Dave McDougall

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Michael J. Reynolds

Burt Fields

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Kenneth Griffith

Inspector Woods

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Merrilyn Gann

Sheila Barnes

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Norma West

Mrs. Bishop

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Warren Sulatycky

Charlie McDougall

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Karen Bernstein

Violet Sinclair

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Jennifer Hill

Summer Littlewood

More Details

Status

Released

Language

English

Budget

$81.00

Revenue

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