Film of the Day: Learning to Drive

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MOVIE

Riel

1979

147 minutes (2 hrs 27 mins)

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Production Country

Canada

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Directed by

George Bloomfield

Starring

Raymond Cloutier · Roger Blay · Lloyd Bochner · James Bradford · Lee Broker · Maury Chaykin

Full cast & crew

Release dates

Canada release: 15th April 1979

Certificates

US
PG

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Director

Role

George Bloomfield

Directed By

Leslie
Nielsen

Actor

Character

Raymond Cloutier

Louis Riel

Roger Blay

Dumont

Lloyd Bochner

Dr. Schultz

James Bradford

Captain Bradshaw

Lee Broker

Evans

Maury Chaykin

Howard

Normand Chouinard

Nolin

Captain Constantinidas

Trooper Captain

Pierre Curzi

Isidore

Neil Dainard

Armstrong

Brenda Donohue

Mrs. Schultz

Don Francks

Ouellette

Daniel Gadouas

Nault

Donald Harron

Donald Smith

Fern Henry

Marguerite Riel

Arthur Hill

Taylor

Ken James

Maier

Claude Jutra

Dr. Roy

Budd Knapp

Osler

Robert Lavoie

Goulet

Barry Morse

MacTavish

Ed McNamara

Asseewyn

Leslie Nielsen

Major Crozier

John Neville

General Wolseley

Christopher Plummer

Prime Minister John A. Macdonald

Gary Reineke

Thomas Scott

Tony Robinow

Lemieux

Pauline Ross

Nault's Mother

Jean-Louis Roux

Bourget

Marcel Sabourin

Ritchot

August Schellenberg

Lepine

David Schurmann

English Officer

William Shatner

The Barker

Gladys Taylor

Riel's Mother

Dave Thomas

Cdn. Captain

Tony Van Bridge

Judge Richardson

Kenneth Welsh

McWilliams

Paxton Whitehead

McDougall

Chris Wiggins

Middleton

Simon Clery

Prison guard