Why Shoot the Teacher?

Name: Why Shoot the Teacher?
Genre: Drama, Comedia
Released: 1977-06-23
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 6.4
Cast: Bud Cort, Samantha Eggar, Chris Wiggins, Gary Reineke, John Friesen

1977 1 h 40 min

Drama Comedy

64%

Audience score7 votes on TMDB

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“"Everything is funny, as long as it's happening to someone else!"”

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.

Director: Silvio Narizzano
Screenplay: James Defelice
Status: Released
Release date: 23/06/1977
Original language: English
Budget: US$ 0 M