Riel
Riel
Release: 1979-04-11
·Runtime: 147m
·★ 6.0
Drama
History
War
TV Movie
A film about the actions of the Metis rebel leader who opposed the Canadian government in two seperate rebellions.
Production Countries
Canada
Cast
Raymond Cloutier
as Louis Riel
Barry Morse
as William Mactavish
Leslie Nielsen
as Major Leif Newry Fitzroy Crozier
William Shatner
as The Barker
Daniel Gadouas
as Nault
Neil Dainard
as Armstrong
Don Francks
as Ouellette
Claude Jutra
as Dr. Roy
Paxton Whitehead
as McDougall
Dave Thomas
as Militia Captain
Chris Wiggins
as General Frederick Dobson Middleton
Normand Chouinard
as Nolin
Lloyd Bochner
as Dr. John Christian Schultz
Robert Lavoie
as Goulet
Arthur Hill
as Taylor
James Bradford
as Captain Bradshaw
Christopher Plummer
as Prime Minister John A. Macdonald
Kenneth Welsh
as McWilliams
Pierre Curzi
as Isidore
August Schellenberg
as Lépine
John Neville
as General Garnet Wolseley
Gary Reineke
as Thomas Scott
Ken James
as Maier
Jean-Louis Roux
as Bourget
Maury Chaykin
as Howard
Donald Harron
as Donald Smith
Marcel Sabourin
as Joseph-Noël Ritchot
Ed McNamara
as Asseewyn