The Megantic Outlaw

*The Megantic Outlaw*
The Megantic Outlaw
Genre	Drama; Biography
Written by	Ron Kelly
Directed by	Ron Kelly
Starring	Gary McKeehan; Sydney Brown; Jane Mallett; Carole Lazare; Lloyd Bochner
Theme music composer	Doug Riley
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
Production
Producer	Ron Kelly
Cinematography	Robert Hutt
Editors	Ron Kelly; Clarke Mackey
Running time	90 minutes
Original release
Network	CBC Television
Release	January 27, 1971

The Megantic Outlaw is a Canadian historical drama television film, directed by Ron Kelly and broadcast by CBC Television in 1971.^[1] The film is a portrait of Donald Morrison, a man from Lac-Mégantic who became an outlaw in 1887 when he tried to defend his parents from being evicted from their home by an unscrupulous landowner.

The cast includes Gary McKeehan as Donald Morrison, Sydney Brown and Jane Mallett as his parents, Carole Lazare as his fiancée, and Lloyd Bochner as police inspector Carpenter.

The film was shot in various historic and rural areas around Toronto in 1970, including Todmorden Mills, Black Creek Pioneer Village and the village of Brougham.^[1]

The film won two Canadian Film Awards at the 23rd Canadian Film Awards, for Best TV Drama and Best Actress (Non-Feature) (Lazare).^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "Folk hero's story told". Calgary Herald, January 22, 1971.
^ Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0-7737-3238-1. pp. 93-95.

External links

The Megantic Outlaw at IMDb

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[folkhero-1] "Folk hero's story told". Calgary Herald, January 22, 1971.

[2] Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0-7737-3238-1. pp. 93-95.

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