Why Shoot the Teacher?

Name: Why Shoot the Teacher?
Director: Silvio Narizzano
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: 1977-06-23
Duration: 1 h 40 min
Rating: 5.7
Cast: Bud Cort, Samantha Eggar, Chris Wiggins, Gary Reineke, John Friesen

Directed by Silvio Narizzano

Drama

Comedy

19771h 40m5.7

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.