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12 March 2006 (Canada) morePlot:
A mini-series based on the work of Canadian political icon Tommy Douglas. full summaryAwards:
1 win & 9 nominations moreUser Comments:
Good for what it was moreCast
(Series Credited cast)| Michael Therriault | ... | Tommy Douglas (2006) | |
| Kristin Booth | ... | Irma Douglas | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| George Alexander | ... | Legislative Guard | |
| Ryland Alexander | ... | Mike Luschenko | |
| Kent Allen | ... | Speaker of the House | |
| Wendy Anderson | ... | KDD Lady #1 | |
| Sharon Bakker | ... | Anne Douglas | |
| Graham Bell | ... | Mr. Fortier | |
| Tammy Rae Beltrami | ... | Miner Woman | |
| Robert Benz | ... | RCMP officer | |
| Ian Black | ... | Tommy Douglas Sr. | |
| Mackenzie Blaisdell | ... | Shirley - Age 10 | |
| Lee Boyes | ... | SGI Agent | |
| Kathryn Bracht | ... | Lloyd's Secretary | |
| Matt Burgess | ... | Young Doctor | |
| Nicholas Campbell | |||
| Brent Carver | ... | Secretary Balsam | |
| Cavan Cunningham | ... | 50th Anniversery Announcer | |
| Derrick Davidson | ... | William Patterson | |
| Aidan Devine | ... | MJ Coldwell | |
| Camille Devine | ... | Lucille | |
| Madison Dewalt | ... | Jessica | |
| Kim Ehman | ... | Mrs. Fortier | |
| Kimberly Elek | ... | Young Church Girl | |
| Jean Freeman | ... | Tommy's Neighbour | |
| Brad Grass | ... | TV Anchor | |
| George Grassick | ... | Manure Dumping Farmer | |
| Paul Gross | ... | John Diefenbaker | |
| Kelly Handerek | ... | Gardiner's Aide | |
| Larry Heisler | ... | Cameraman for Press | |
| Kristina Hughes | ... | Farm Wife | |
| Lindsay Ruth Hunt | ... | Eleanor | |
| Cheryl Jack | ... | Female Doctor | |
| Shannon Jardine | ... | Lally Lawson | |
| Andy Jones | ... | Mackenzie King | |
| Trenna Keating | ... | KOD Lady #2 | |
| Daniel MacDonald | ... | War Medical Doctor | |
| Christine MacInnis | ... | Adult Shirley | |
| Ian MacLean | ... | Mine Owner | |
| Brian Markinson | ... | Jimmie Gardiner | |
| Tatiana Maslany | ... | Tommy's Doctor's Receptionist | |
| Amy Matysio | ... | BienFait Woman | |
| Don McKellar | ... | Clarence Fines (Treasurer) | |
| Andrea Menard | ... | Lead Reporter | |
| Marion Mills | ... | Woman Park Commerical | |
| Walter Mills | ... | JS Woodsworth | |
| Robert Moloney | ... | Woodrow Lloyd | |
| Mike O'Brien | ... | Deacon Marks | |
| Tom O'Hara | ... | Capitalist | |
| Shannon Ozimy | ... | Screaming Woman | |
| Jane Redlyon | ... | Mrs. Babitch | |
| Rob Roy | ... | Moderator Weyburn Arena | |
| Winston Schroeder | ... | Unemployed Mike | |
| Troy Skog | ... | Means Inspector / Sheriff | |
| Ruth Smilie | ... | KOD Lady #3 | |
| R.H. Thomson | ... | Dr. Moulds | |
| Ian Tracey | ... | Charlie Lawson | |
| Matthew Walker | ... | Banker McCarthy | |
| Kent Wolkowski | ... | Danny Reeves | |
| Henry Woolf | ... | Jack Corman | |
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1.78 : 1 moreFun Stuff
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The wolf from Paul Gross's series Due South, Diefenbaker, was named after John G. Diefenbaker, who was Canada's 13th Prime Minister, which is the role played here by Gross. moreGoofs:
Anachronisms: In the scene where Tommy Douglas is convincing Clarence Fines to handle his campaign for the CCF (which dates the scene to around 1943 or 1944), China is labelled a "Communist country" on the blackboard in Fines's classroom. The revolution that established the Communist Party as the government of China wasn't until 1949. moreFAQ
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This film was OK, but took too many liberties for my liking. Parliamentary debates are not as they were portrayed in the first segment and one quotation attributed to Douglas was actually said by Ontario Premier Mitch Hepburn about a decade earlier.
I was disappointed that the second part glossed over Tommy's years as leader of the New Democratic Party. We see him defeated in 1962 and then suddenly it's 1983.
That being said, I was glad to see the emphasis on Irma Douglas's role behind the scenes. The NDP was in many ways a family affair, with wives just a vital an influence as their more famous husbands.
And anything would beat another show with Ben Mulroney or another episode of Falcon Beach!