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  • Action: The October Crisis of 1970 (1974)
  • 87 min | Documentary, History
Action: The October Crisis of 1970 (1974)
87 min | Documentary, History

A historical account of the French-Canadian terrorist kidnapping incident and the Federal Govt.'s response by declaring martial-law.
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Director
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Robin Spry (commentary)
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Updated Sep 16, 1974

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Sep 16, 1974 (Canada)

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28 cast members
Name Known for
Thor Bishopric
William William   See fewer
Pierre Bourgault
Self (Leader of RIN) Self (Leader of RIN)   See fewer
Réal Caouette
Self (Créditiste MP) (archive footage) Self (Créditiste MP) (archive footage)   See fewer
Claude Charron
Self (Péquiste MNA, with Lévesque) (archive footage) Self (Péquiste MNA, with Lévesque) (archive footage)   See fewer
Michel Chartrand
Self (organizer of miners' strike) (archive footage) Self (organizer of miners' strike) (archive footage)   See fewer
James Cross
Self (with Choquette after his release) (archive footage) Self (with Choquette after his release) (archive footage)   See fewer
Charles de Gaulle
Self (Vive le Québec libre speech in Montreal) (archive footage) Self (Vive le Québec libre speech in Montreal) (archive footage)   See fewer
Davidson Dunton
Self (Co-chairman, Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism) (archive footage) Self (Co-chairman, Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism) (archive footage)   See fewer
Charles Gagnon
Self (FLQ with Lemieux) (archive footage) Self (FLQ with Lemieux) (archive footage)   See fewer
Eric Kierans
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Claude Lachance
Self (journalist, describes discovery of Laporte) (archive footage) Self (journalist, describes discovery of Laporte) (archive footage)   See fewer
André Laurendeau
Self (Co-chairman, Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism) (archive footage) (as André Laurandeau) Self (Co-chairman, Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism) (archive footage) (as André Laurandeau)   See fewer
Robert Lemieux
Self (FLQ spokesman)) Self (FLQ spokesman))   See fewer
René Lévesque
Self (Leader of PQ) Self (Leader of PQ)   See fewer
Robert MacNeil
Self (hopes to interview Trudeau on Parliament Hill) (archive footage) Self (hopes to interview Trudeau on Parliament Hill) (archive footage)   See fewer
Normand Maltais
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Gaétan Montreuil
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Queen Elizabeth II
Self (visits Canada, 1964) (archive footage) Self (visits Canada, 1964) (archive footage)   See fewer
Claude Ryan
Self (editor, Le Devoir) (archive footage) Self (editor, Le Devoir) (archive footage)   See fewer
Camil Samson
Self (MNA) (archive footage) Self (MNA) (archive footage)   See fewer
Robert Shaw
Self - Administrator, McGill University (archive footage) Self - Administrator, McGill University (archive footage)   See fewer
Pierre Trudeau
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Pierre Vallières
Self (FLQ, demonstrates outside UN with Gagnon) (archive footage) Self (FLQ, demonstrates outside UN with Gagnon) (archive footage)   See fewer
Ronald France
Narrator (French version) (voice) (uncredited) Narrator (French version) (voice) (uncredited)   See fewer
Jacques Rose
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Paul Rose
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Robin Spry
Narrator (voice) (unconfirmed) (uncredited) Narrator (voice) (unconfirmed) (uncredited)   See fewer
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