One Man (1977)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Robin Spry

Writers:

Peter Pearson (writer)
Robin Spry (writer)

Release Date:

July 1979 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

A crusading TV reporter finds his life ripped apart as he investigates a story about a company's deadly criminal negligence.

Plot Keywords:

Canada | Public Health | Big Business | Television Industry | Corporate Crime

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Len Cariou	...	Jason Brady
Jayne Eastwood	...	Alicia Brady
Carol Lazare	...	Marion Galbraith
Barry Morse	...	Colin Angus Campbell
August Schellenberg	...	Ernie
Jean Lapointe	...	Ben Legault
Sean Sullivan	...	Rodney
Terry Haig	...	Dr. Gendron
Marc Legault	...	Léo
Danny Freedman	...	Hoodlum
Gilles Renaud	...	Hoodlum
Robert V. Girolami	...	T.V. Announcer
Jacques Godin	...	Jaworski
Donovan Hare	...	Donovan
Kevin Hare	...	Kevin

Also Known As:

Un homme (Canada: French title)

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:12 | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Montréal, Québec, Canada

Company:

National Film Board of Canada (NFB)

Trivia:

Len Cariou's film debut.

Poor production quality and pretty dire film

The video release of this title plays on the fact that it stars Barry Morse, who has lived in Canada for quite some time. The production of this film is very dated and on video looked more like a documentary in parts. Although the principle of the story is very good I can't help but feel I wish I hadn't spent the 1 hour and 15 minutes watching this, Barry Morse is hardly in it and the ending is dreadful. Over the end titles we get a spoken list of people who have died from poisonous gases and although this is indeed an extremely important issue the scene that follows is that "this story and its characters are entirely fictitious" making the whole thing seem a waste of time.