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The Defender is a 54-minute Canadian documentary film, made in 1988 by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) and directed by Stephen Low. The film depicts the building of a strike fighter aircraft by Bob Diemert, an eccentric Canadian aviation engineer. His dream of building the next Canadian fighter aircraft to challenge the might of the Soviet Union was dependent on selling a restored warbird.
Original Release
03/22/1990
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Cedric Smith | Narrator |
Directors
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Cedric Smith | Narrator |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Michael J.F. Scott | Executive Producer |
| Ches Yetman | Executive Producer |
| Charles Konowal | Producer |
