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Riel (film)

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Written by
  
Roy Moore

Theme music composer
  
William McCauley

Original language(s)
  
English

Directed by
  
George Bloomfield

Country of origin
  
Canada

Starring
  
Raymond Cloutier Christopher Plummer

Riel is a 1979 Canadian biographical television movie about Métis leader Louis Riel.

Contents

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.

    • References

    Riel (film) Wikipedia
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