Why Shoot the Teacher? (1977)

06/23/1977 (CA) • 1h 40m

Drama, Comedy

"Everything is funny, as long as it's happening to someone else!"

Overview

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. 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.

Top Billed Cast

Bud Cort

Max Brown

Samantha Eggar

Alice Field

Chris Wiggins

Lyle Bishop

Gary Reineke

Harris Montgomery

John Friesen

Dave McDougall

Kenneth Griffith

Inspector Woods

Scott Swan

Dan Trowbridge

Merrilyn Gann

Sheila Barnes


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$81.00

Revenue

-

Keywords

isolation

great depression

teacher

prairie

schoolhouse

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