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Cruel But Necessary

Release Information
August 29, 2005
Montréal World Film Festival (NFB Cinéma ONF) 10h00
Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC)
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Production Details

Producer
Elinor Reid
Director
Saul Rubinek
Director of Photography
Steve Ackerman
Music
Saul Rubinek
Writer
Wendel Meldrum
Wendel Meldrum
Editor
Chris Kern
Cast
Mark Humphrey
Mark Humphrey
Mark Humphrey
Mark Humphrey
Mark Humphrey
Luke Humphrey
Fred Goss
Sabine Ehrenfeld
Jacob DeMonte-Finn
Jack Bryant
Ian Axness
Asther M. Appe
Eddie Allen
Deborah Theaker
Anya Scemama
Tiffany Sazzmann
Ken Rothwell
Rino Romano
Rino Romano
Julie Payne
James O'Connel
Wendel Meldrum
Wendel Meldrum
Wendel Meldrum
Wendel Meldrum
Wendel Meldrum
Wendel Meldrum
Wendel Meldrum
Wendel Meldrum
Sam McMurray
Kate Albrecht
Regina Welch
Lisa Zane
Lisa Zane
Saul Rubinek
Saul Rubinek
Saul Rubinek
Saul Rubinek
Saul Rubinek
Saul Rubinek
Saul Rubinek
Saul Rubinek
Saul Rubinek
Saul Rubinek
Saul Rubinek
Saul Rubinek
Saul Rubinek
Saul Rubinek
Saul Rubinek
Saul Rubinek
Saul Rubinek
Saul Rubinek
Saul Rubinek
Saul Rubinek
Saul Rubinek
Wendel Meldrum
Wendel Meldrum
Wendel Meldrum
Wendel Meldrum
Wendel Meldrum
Wendel Meldrum
Wendel Meldrum
Wendel Meldrum
92 minutes, 2005

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Canadian Film Online is an interactive website devoted to the history of full-length feature filmmaking in Canada. This project was built by Athabasca University and is funded in part by the Canada Interactive Fund Program of Canadian Heritage.

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Canadian Film Online is an interactive website devoted to the history of full-length feature filmmaking in Canada. This project was built by Athabasca University and is funded in part by the Canada Interactive Fund Program of Canadian Heritage.

Ce projet est appuyé en partie dans le cadre du Fonds interactif du Canada de Patrimoine canadien.