Why Shoot the Teacher? [161666] Released: 1977-06-23 Revenue: $0 Budget: $81 Profit: $-81 Runtime: 100 mins Popularity: 0.3525 Vote Average: 5.7 Vote Count: 5 Overview: It's the winter of 1935 and Max Brown is newly arrived in Willowgreen, Saskatchewan - a rural Canadian prairie town - on his first teaching job in a one room schoolhouse. He quickly realizes that this is not a dream situation: the winter is harsher than he's ever experienced, he's living in the basement of the school, the older of his students treat him poorly and his wages are paltry if and when he ever does get paid. Cast [40] Bud CortMax Brown Samantha EggarAlice Field Chris WigginsLyle Bishop Gary ReinekeHarris Montgomery John FriesenDave McDougall Michael J. ReynoldsBurt Fields Kenneth GriffithInspector Woods Scott SwanDan Trowbridge Merrilyn GannSheila Barnes Norma WestMrs. Bishop Margery HillMrs. Montgomery Joanne McNealMrs. McDougall George GwinDance Caller Doug BlakePercy Garfield Alan StebbingsLester Sinclair Joe YasinskyMax's Father Vernis McCuaigMax's Mother Richard DavisonMax's Brother Kathie BallLouise Brown - Max's Jim DevereauxTrain Conductor Phyllis EllisRita Danchuk Lyman PottsRadio Announcer Dale McGowanJake Stevenson Curtis PetersonJohn Stevenson Andrea PaulsonAnne McDougall Dale CrowleMyron McDougall Warren SulatyckyCharlie McDougall Larissa MacLeanPearlie Sinclair Michael ZwiersSammy Sinclair Karen BernsteinViolet Sinclair Jody HargravesCathy Friesen Ronald UrbanPaul Friesen Cynthia MacDonaldMary Field Rick BremnessBill Field Jennifer HillSummer Littlewood Michael RossAlan Littlewood Murray McCuneBob Sanderson Cathy Lynn VisteBetty Bishop David FigenshawCarl Wells Ed BellDan Smith Trailers