Why Shoot the Teacher?
1977It'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.
Acted in
Bud Cort
as Max Brown
Samantha Eggar
as Alice Field
Chris Wiggins
as Lyle Bishop
Gary Reineke
as Harris Montgomery
John Friesen
as Dave McDougall
Michael J. Reynolds
as Burt Fields
Kenneth Griffith
as Inspector Woods
Scott Swan
as Dan Trowbridge
Merrilyn Gann
as Sheila Barnes
Norma West
as Mrs. Bishop
Margery Hill
as Mrs. Montgomery
Joanne McNeal
as Mrs. McDougall
George Gwin
as Dance Caller
Doug Blake
as Percy Garfield
Alan Stebbings
as Lester Sinclair
Joe Yasinsky
as Max's Father
Vernis McCuaig
as Max's Mother
Richard Davison
as Max's Brother
Kathie Ball
as Louise Brown - Max's Sister
Jim Devereaux
as Train Conductor
Phyllis Ellis
as Rita Danchuk
Lyman Potts
as Radio Announcer (voice)
Dale McGowan
as Jake Stevenson
Curtis Peterson
as John Stevenson
Andrea Paulson
as Anne McDougall
Dale Crowle
as Myron McDougall
Warren Sulatycky
as Charlie McDougall
Larissa MacLean
as Pearlie Sinclair
Michael Zwiers
as Sammy Sinclair
Karen Bernstein
as Violet Sinclair
Jody Hargraves
as Cathy Friesen
Ronald Urban
as Paul Friesen
Cynthia MacDonald
as Mary Field
Rick Bremness
as Bill Field
Jennifer Hill
as Summer Littlewood
Michael Ross
as Alan Littlewood
Murray McCune
as Bob Sanderson
Cathy Lynn Viste
as Betty Bishop
David Figenshaw
as Carl Wells
Ed Bell
as Dan Smith (uncredited)