Why Shoot the Teacher Movie Review 1979

A young teacher sent to a one-room schoolhouse in a small prairie town in Saskatchewan during the Depression gets a cold reception on the cold prairie. One of the more popular films at the Canadian box office. Cort was Harold in "Harold and Maude." Based on the novel by Max Braithwaite.

Distribution

Available on VHS
Running time 101 minutes.
Originally from Canadian.

Cast and Crew

Genres

School Daze, Great Depression, Coming of Age

Screenplay

James DeFelice

Cast

Bud Cort, Samantha Eggar, Chris Wiggins

Director

Silvio Narizzano

Producer

Laurence Hertzog