Samuel Lount

Samuel Lount — Plot

Back in 1837 in the Northwoods of Canada and beyond, a movement was started among the colonialists to demand the right to own property in the New World. This interesting docudrama follows the tragic outcome of that movement for one of its leaders, the pacifist and nearly beatific Samuel Lount (also the great-great-great uncle of producer Elvira Lount). The orator and journalist William Lyon Mackenzie stoked up the fire among the property-deprived, and a march on Toronto was begun. Lount was convinced to join the rebellion much against his better judgment -- he belonged to the Children of Peace religious sect. Lount's own pacifism meant nothing to the authorities; they executed Lount for treason after crushing the rebellion. R.H. Thomson plays the title role in this low-budget but high-energy effort.

• Release date
• September 12, 1985
• Runtime
• 97 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Laurence Keane

Samuel Lount — Cast

M

Malcolm Black Peter Matthews

D

David Bolt Dr. Rolph

D

Donald Davis Bishop Strachan

G

George Dawson Alderman Powell Richard Donat Sheriff Jarvis

D

David Fox David Willson Andrew Gillies Sir Francis Bond Head Linda Griffiths Elizabeth Lount