The Canadians (1961 film)

The Canadians

Movie poster
Directed by Burt Kennedy
Produced by Herman E. Webber
Written by Burt Kennedy
Starring Robert Ryan
John Dehner
Torin Thatcher
Music by Douglas Gamley
Cinematography Arthur Ibbetson
Edited by Douglas Robertson
Production
company
Associated Producers
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Release dates
1961
Running time
85 minutes
Country Canada
Language English

The Canadians is a 1961 Anglo-Canadian CinemaScope Western film written and directed by Burt Kennedy. It starred Robert Ryan, John Dehner and Torin Thatcher.

Plot

A group of Sioux come to shelter in Canada from the Indian wars in the United States. They are given permission to remain by the Canadian government. They are soon followed, however by US Indian fighters who want to rob the Sioux. In response the North-West Mounted Police are formed, the forerunner to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.[1]

References

  1. The Canadians, IMDB
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