Why Shoot the Teacher? (1977)
"Everything is funny, as long as it's happening to someone else!"
1977 · 1h 40m · Drama, Comedy
Genres: Drama, Comedy
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.
Director: Silvio Narizzano
Writers: James Defelice
Music by: Rick Hyslop
Cinematography: Marc Champion
Editor: Stan Cole
Cast
Bud Cort as Max BrownSamantha Eggar as Alice FieldChris Wiggins as Lyle BishopGary Reineke as Harris MontgomeryJohn Friesen as Dave McDougallMichael J. Reynolds as Burt FieldsKenneth Griffith as Inspector WoodsScott Swan as Dan TrowbridgeMerrilyn Gann as Sheila BarnesNorma West as Mrs. BishopMargery Hill as Mrs. MontgomeryJoanne McNeal as Mrs. McDougallMore like this
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