Riel

Duration: 147 min

Release date: 1979-04-11

IMDB

A film about the actions of the Metis rebel leader who opposed the Canadian government in two seperate rebellions.

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Riel

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Raymond Cloutier

Raymond Cloutier

Christopher Plummer

Christopher Plummer

as Prime Minister John A. Macdonald

as Gabriel Dumont

as William Mactavish

as Major Leif Newry Fitzroy Crozier

as Militia Captain

William Shatner

William Shatner

as Donald Smith

as General Frederick Dobson Middleton

as General Garnet Wolseley

as Dr. John Christian Schultz

as Captain Bradshaw

as Mrs. Agnes Schultz

Marcel Sabourin

Marcel Sabourin

as Joseph-Noël Ritchot

as Thomas Scott

Normand Chouinard

Normand Chouinard

as Nault's Mother

Jean-Louis Roux

Jean-Louis Roux

August Schellenberg

August Schellenberg

David Schurmann

David Schurmann

as English Officer

as Riel's Mother

Tony Van Bridge

Tony Van Bridge

as Judge Richardson

Paxton Whitehead

Paxton Whitehead

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George Bloomfield

George Bloomfield

Director of Photography

William McCauley

William McCauley

Original Music Composer

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