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 biographical television movie 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 entirely on the studio grounds at Kleinburg, Ontario and at Ottawa, Ontario.
External links
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Categories:
- Canadian films
- Canadian biographical films
- Canadian television films
- Canadian war films
- 1970s drama films
- Films shot in Toronto
- Films set in the 1880s
- British Empire war films
- 1979 television films
- Métis film
- Red River Rebellion
- North-West Rebellion
- Biographical films about rebels
- 1970s Western (genre) films
- Cultural depictions of Louis Riel
- Canadian television film stubs
- 1970s Western (genre) film stubs