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Action: The October Crisis of 1970 is a 1973 Canadian feature from Robin Spry, produced by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). It is one of two NFB films by Spry completed in 1973 about the 1970 October Crisis, along with Reaction: A Portrait of a Society in Crisis.
Original Release
09/16/1974
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Thor Bishopric | William |
| Pierre Bourgault | Self (Leader of RIN) |
| Réal Caouette | Self (Créditiste MP) |
| Claude Charron | Self (Péquiste MNA, with Lévesque) |
| Michel Chartrand | Self (organizer of miners' strike) |
| Jérome Choquette | Self |
| James Cross | Self (with Choquette after his release) |
| Charles de Gaulle | Self (Vive le Québec libre speech in Montreal) |
| Davidson Dunton | Self (Co-chairman, Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism) |
| Charles Gagnon | Self (FLQ with Lemieux) |
Directors
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Thor Bishopric | William |
| Pierre Bourgault | Self (Leader of RIN) |
| Réal Caouette | Self (Créditiste MP) |
| Claude Charron | Self (Péquiste MNA, with Lévesque) |
| Michel Chartrand | Self (organizer of miners' strike) |
| Jérome Choquette | Self |
| James Cross | Self (with Choquette after his release) |
| Charles de Gaulle | Self (Vive le Québec libre speech in Montreal) |
| Davidson Dunton | Self (Co-chairman, Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism) |
| Charles Gagnon | Self (FLQ with Lemieux) |
| Eric Kierans | Self |
| Claude Lachance | Self (journalist, describes discovery of Laporte) |
| André Laurendeau | Self (Co-chairman, Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism) |
| Robert Lemieux | Self (FLQ spokesman)) |
| René Lévesque | Self (Leader of PQ) |
| Robert MacNeil | Self (hopes to interview Trudeau on Parliament Hill) |
| Normand Maltais | Self |
| Gaétan Montreuil | Self |
| Queen Elizabeth II | Self (visits Canada, 1964) |
| Claude Ryan | Self (editor, Le Devoir) |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Robin Spry | Producer |
| Normand Cloutier | Producer |
| Tom Daly | Producer |
