Release Date
12 Sep, 1985
Runtime
01:37: (HH:MM)
Synopsis
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.
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Actors
Richard Donat
Andrew Gillies
Linda Griffiths
Gary Levert
David Petersen
Andrew Sabiston
Booth Savage
Cedric Smith
R.H. Thomson
Crew
Kitaro