Why Shoot the Teacher? (1977)
"Everything is funny, as long as it's happening to someone else!"
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.
Year
1977
Country
CA
Language
English
Release date
23 June 1977
TMDB
6.4 (7)
CineVerse
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Bud Cort
Max Brown
Samantha Eggar
Alice Field
Chris Wiggins
Lyle Bishop
Gary Reineke
Harris Montgomery
John Friesen
Dave McDougall
Michael J. Reynolds
Burt Fields
Kenneth Griffith
Inspector Woods
S
Scott Swan
Dan Trowbridge
Merrilyn Gann
Sheila Barnes
Norma West
Mrs. Bishop
M
Margery Hill
Mrs. Montgomery
J
Joanne McNeal
Mrs. McDougall
G
George Gwin
Dance Caller
D
Doug Blake
Percy Garfield
A
Alan Stebbings
Lester Sinclair
J
Joe Yasinsky
Max's Father
V
Vernis McCuaig
Max's Mother
R
Richard Davison
Max's Brother
K
Kathie Ball
Louise Brown - Max's Sister
J
Jim Devereaux
Train Conductor
L
Lyman Potts
Radio Announcer (voice)
D
Dale McGowan
Jake Stevenson
C
Curtis Peterson
John Stevenson
A
Andrea Paulson
Anne McDougall
D
Dale Crowle
Myron McDougall
Warren Sulatycky
Charlie McDougall
L
Larissa MacLean
Pearlie Sinclair
M
Michael Zwiers
Sammy Sinclair
Karen Bernstein
Violet Sinclair
J
Jody Hargraves
Cathy Friesen
R
Ronald Urban
Paul Friesen
C
Cynthia MacDonald
Mary Field
R
Rick Bremness
Bill Field
Jennifer Hill
Summer Littlewood
M
Michael Ross
Alan Littlewood
M
Murray McCune
Bob Sanderson
C
Cathy Lynn Viste
Betty Bishop
D
David Figenshaw
Carl Wells
E
Ed Bell
Dan Smith (uncredited)
P
Phyllis Ellis
Rita Danchuk
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