
Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story
2006-03-12 · 90 min / episode · ★ 5.8
In 1930s Saskatchewan Tommy Douglas, a small town 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 who transformed Canada.
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- Minds Eye Entertainment, CBC
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Michael TherriaultTommy Douglas
Kristin BoothIrma Douglas
Nicholas CampbellEJ Young
Brent CarverSecretary Balsam
Aidan DevineMJ Coldwell
Andy JonesPrime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King
Brian MarkinsonPremier Jimmy Gardiner
Don McKellarClarence Fines
Ian TraceyCharlie Lawson
Paul GrossPrime Minister John Diefenbaker
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