Riel (film)

Riel
Written by	Roy Moore
Directed by	George Bloomfield
Starring	Raymond Cloutier Christopher Plummer
Theme music composer	William McCauley
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
Production
Producers	John Trent Stanley Colbert (executive producer)
Running time	150 minutes
Original release
Network	CBC
Release	April 15, 1979

Riel is a 1979 Canadian made-for-television biographical film about Métis leader Louis Riel.

Plot

• Louis Riel (Cloutier) leads the Red River and North-West Rebellions against the Canadian government's expansionist ideas leading up to his capture, trial and execution in 1885.

Cast

• Raymond Cloutier as Louis Riel
• Christopher Plummer as Prime Minister John A. Macdonald
• Roger Blay as Gabriel Dumont
• Maury Chaykin Howard
• Barry Morse MacTavish
• Leslie Nielsen as Major Crozier
• Dave Thomas as Militia Captain
• William Shatner as The Barker
• Don Harron as Donald Smith
• Chris Wiggins as General Middleton
• John Neville as General Wolseley
• Loyd Bochner as Dr. Schultz
• James Bradford as Captain Bradshaw
• Brenda Donohue as Mrs. Schultz
• Gary Reineke as Thomas Scott
• Fern Henry as Maguerite Riel
• Tony Robinow as Lemieux

Filming location

• Shot at Cinespace Film Studios in Kleinburg, Ontario, with additional photography at Ottawa, Ontario.

External links

• Riel at IMDb
• Riel at AllMovie