Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story (2006)

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Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story

In 1930s Saskatchewan Tommy Douglas, a small town parish pastor, sees the poverty and injustice around him which seem beyond his power to address from the pulpit. Douglas enters politics with the socialist Canadian Commonwealth Federation where his idealism runs into powerful opposition from the wealthy and the powerful. Despite the long odds, Douglas' new calling would soon make him a leader that would transform Canada.

2006

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Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story: Season 1 - 2 Episode s

1x1 - Part 1
March 12, 2006
1x2 - Part 2
March 13, 2006

Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story: 1 Season

S1: Miniseries
2 Episode s

Actors in Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story

Michael Therriault
Tommy Douglas
Kristin Booth
Irma Douglas
Nicholas Campbell
EJ Young
Brent Carver
Secretary Balsam
Aidan Devine
MJ Coldwell
Shannon Jardine
Lally Lawson
Andy Jones
William Lyon Mackenzie King, Mackenzie King, Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King
Brian Markinson
Jimmie Gardiner, Premier Jimmy Gardiner
Don McKellar
Clarence Fines
Jane Redlyon
Mrs. Babitch
Ian Tracey
Charlie Lawson
Paul Gross
John Diefenbaker, Prime Minister John Diefenbaker
R.H. Thomson
Dr. Moulds
Robert Benz
murderous RCMP officer

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Kristin Booth

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