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Director:
Robin Spry
Writer:
Robin Spry (commentary)
Contact:
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Release Date:
16 September 1974 (Canada) more
Genre:
Documentary | History more
Plot:
A historical account of the French-Canadian terrorist kidnapping incident and the Federal Govt.'s response by declaring martial-law. full summary | add synopsis
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Cast

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Pierre Bourgault ... Himself (Leader of RIN)
Réal Caouette ... Himself (Créditiste MP) (archive footage)
Claude Charron ... Himself (Péquiste MNA, with Lévesque) (archive footage)
Michel Chartrand ... Himself (organizer of miners' strike) (archive footage)
James Cross ... Himself (with Choquette after his release) (archive footage)
Charles de Gaulle ... Himself (Vive le Québec libre speech in Montreal) (archive footage)
Davidson Dunton ... Himself (Co-chairman, Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism) (archive footage)
Charles Gagnon ... Himself (FLQ with Lemieux) (archive footage)
Eric Kierans ... Himself (archive footage)
Claude Lachance ... Herself (journalist, describes discovery of Laporte) (archive footage)
André Laurendeau ... Himself (Co-chairman, Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism) (archive footage) (as André Laurandeau)
Robert Lemieux ... Himself (FLQ spokesman))
René Lévesque ... Himself (Leader of PQ)
Robert MacNeil ... Himself (hopes to interview Trudeau on Parliament Hill) (archive footage)
Queen Elizabeth II ... Herself (visits Canada, 1964) (archive footage)
Claude Ryan ... Himself (editor, Le Devoir) (archive footage)
Camil Samson ... Himself (MNA) (archive footage)
Robert Shaw ... Himself (administrator, McGill University) (archive footage)
Pierre Vallières ... Himself (FLQ, demonstrates outside UN with Gagnon) (archive footage)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Les evénéments d'octobre 1970
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Runtime:
87 min
Country:
Canada
Language:
English | French
Color:
Black and White | Color
Sound Mix:
Mono
Filming Locations:
Montréal, Québec, Canada
Company:
National Film Board of Canada (NFB) more

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Featured in Octobre (1994) more

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