Riel (film)

Riel
Written by	Roy Moore
Directed by	George Bloomfield
Starring	Raymond Cloutier Christopher Plummer
Theme music composer	William McCauley
Country of origin	Canada
Original language(s)	English
Production
Producer(s)	John Trent Stanley Colbert (executive producer)
Running time	150 minutes
Release
Original network	CBC
Original release	April 11, 1979

Riel is a 1979 Canadian biographical television movie about Métis leader Louis Riel.

Plot

• Louis Riel (Cloutier) leads the Red River and North-West Rebellions against the Canadian government's expansionist ideas leading up to his capture, trial and execution in 1885.

Cast

• Raymond Cloutier ... as Louis Riel
• Christopher Plummer ... as Prime Minister John A. Macdonald
• Roger Blay ... as Gabriel Dumont
• Maury Chaykin ... Howard
• Barry Morse ... MacTavish
• Leslie Nielsen ... Major Crozier
• Dave Thomas ... Militia Captain
• William Shatner ... The Barker
• Don Harron ... Donald Smith
• Chris Wiggins ... General Middleton
• John Neville ... General Wolseley

External links

• Riel at IMDb
• Riel at AllMovie