Why Shoot the Teacher?
Why Shoot the Teacher? is a 1977 Canadian comedy-drama film directed by Silvio Narizzano and starring Bud Cort, Samantha Eggar, Kenneth Griffith, and Chris Wiggins. It is based on a book of the same name by Max Braithwaite.
Plot
The plot is set in 1935, during the Depression. Max Brown (Bud Cort) is an urban east-province Canadian fresh from college who travels to Western Canada to accept a teaching position at a one-room rural schoolhouse in the fictional settlement of Willowgreen, Saskatchewan, because there are no other jobs available.
More details
| author | James Defelice |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Canada |
| director | Silvio Narizzano |
| editor | Max Benedict |
| genre | comedy-drama |
| keywords | great depression saskatchewan suffer teach war bride western canada |
| musicBy | Ricky Hyslop |
| producer | Lawrence Hertzog |
| publisher | Fil Fraser Lancer Productions Limited Quartet Films |
| recordedAt | Alberta |