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Release Information
May 17, 1981
TV CTV, TV CBS simulcast
Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC)
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Production Details

Executive Producer
Jane Harris
Producer
Les Harris
Les Harris
Les Harris
Les Harris
Les Harris
Les Harris
Les Harris
Les Harris
Director
Gordon Pinsent
Gordon Pinsent
Gordon Pinsent
Gordon Pinsent
Les Harris
Les Harris
Les Harris
Les Harris
Les Harris
Les Harris
Les Harris
Les Harris
Writer
Gordon Pinsent
Gordon Pinsent
Gordon Pinsent
Les Harris
Les Harris
Les Harris
Les Harris
Les Harris
Les Harris
Les Harris
Les Harris
Editor
Les Harris
Les Harris
Les Harris
Les Harris
Cast
Gordon Pinsent
Gordon Pinsent
Gordon Pinsent
Gordon Pinsent
Gordon Pinsent
Gordon Pinsent
Gordon Pinsent
Gordon Pinsent
Gordon Pinsent
Gordon Pinsent
Gordon Pinsent
Gordon Pinsent
Gordon Pinsent
Gordon Pinsent
Gordon Pinsent
Gordon Pinsent
Gordon Pinsent
Gordon Pinsent
Gordon Pinsent
Gordon Pinsent
Gordon Pinsent
Gordon Pinsent
Gordon Pinsent
Gordon Pinsent
Gordon Pinsent
Gordon Pinsent
96 minutes, 1981

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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.