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
Donald Harron
as Donald Smith
Neil Dainard
as Armstrong
Gary Reineke
as Thomas Scott
Ken James
as Maier
Claude Jutra
as Dr. Roy
Ed McNamara
as Asseewyn
Leslie Nielsen
as Major Leif Newry Fitzroy Crozier
Dave Thomas
as Militia Captain
Chris Wiggins
as General Frederick Dobson Middleton
Pierre Curzi
as Isidore
John Neville
as General Garnet Wolseley
Arthur Hill
as Taylor
Kenneth Welsh
as McWilliams
Raymond Cloutier
as Louis Riel
Marcel Sabourin
as Joseph-Noël Ritchot
Maury Chaykin
as Howard
James Bradford
as Captain Bradshaw
Normand Chouinard
as Nolin
Jean-Louis Roux
as Bourget
Barry Morse
as William Mactavish
William Shatner
as The Barker
Daniel Gadouas
as Nault
Robert Lavoie
as Goulet
Paxton Whitehead
as McDougall
Christopher Plummer
as Prime Minister John A. Macdonald
Lloyd Bochner
as Dr. John Christian Schultz
Don Francks
as Ouellette
August Schellenberg
as Lépine
