Action : The October Crisis of 1970

The Front de liberation du Quebec was a Canadian terrorist organization which staged a series of attacks in the late 1960's which culminated in the kidnappings of Pierre Laporte, Quebec's minister of culture, and James Cross, the British Consul in Montreal, in October of 1970. This film traces those events and the political and social reactions and circumstances surrounding them.

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Action: The October Crisis of 1970
Les évènements d'octobre 1970

English

TheTVDB.com Movie ID 195491
Status Released
Released Canada September 16, 1974 France October 2, 2013 (War on Screen International Film Festival)
Runtime 87 minutes
Genres History Documentary
Original Country Canada
Original Language English
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Thor Bishopric
as William
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Pierre Bourgault
as Self (Leader of RIN)
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Réal Caouette
as Self (Créditiste MP) (archive footage)
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Claude Charron
as Self (Péquiste MNA, with Lévesque) (archive footage)
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Michel Chartrand
as Self (organizer of miners' strike) (archive footage)
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Jérome Choquette
as Jérome Choquette
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James Cross
as Self (with Choquette after his release) (archive footage)
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Charles de Gaulle
as Self (Vive le Québec libre speech in Montreal) (archive footage)
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Davidson Dunton
as Self (Co-chairman, Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism) (archive footage)
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Charles Gagnon
as Self (FLQ with Lemieux) (archive footage)
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Eric Kierans
as Self (archive footage)
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Claude Lachance
as Self (journalist, describes discovery of Laporte) (archive footage)
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André Laurendeau
as Self (Co-chairman, Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism) (archive footage) (as André Laurandeau)
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Robert Lemieux
as Self (FLQ spokesman))
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René Lévesque
as Self (Leader of PQ)
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Robin Spry

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Robin Spry

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Normand Cloutier
Tom Daly
Robin Spry

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Shelagh Mackenzie
Joan Henson

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Action : The October Crisis of 1970

Aliases

Thor Bishopric as William * needs role-specific image

Pierre Bourgault as Self (Leader of RIN) * needs role-specific image

Réal Caouette as Self (Créditiste MP) (archive footage) * needs role-specific image

Claude Charron as Self (Péquiste MNA, with Lévesque) (archive footage) * needs role-specific image

Michel Chartrand as Self (organizer of miners' strike) (archive footage) * needs role-specific image

Jérome Choquette as Jérome Choquette * needs role-specific image

James Cross as Self (with Choquette after his release) (archive footage) * needs role-specific image

Charles de Gaulle as Self (Vive le Québec libre speech in Montreal) (archive footage) * needs role-specific image

Davidson Dunton as Self (Co-chairman, Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism) (archive footage) * needs role-specific image

Charles Gagnon as Self (FLQ with Lemieux) (archive footage) * needs role-specific image

Eric Kierans as Self (archive footage) * needs role-specific image

Claude Lachance as Self (journalist, describes discovery of Laporte) (archive footage) * needs role-specific image

André Laurendeau as Self (Co-chairman, Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism) (archive footage) (as André Laurandeau) * needs role-specific image

Robert Lemieux as Self (FLQ spokesman)) * needs role-specific image

René Lévesque as Self (Leader of PQ) * needs role-specific image