
“Everything is funny, as long as it’s happening to someone else!” In the bitter winter of 1935, fresh‑out teacher Max Brown arrives in Willowgreen, Saskatchewan, to run a one‑room schoolhouse. He soon discovers the reality of a relentless freeze, cramped basement quarters, disrespect from his older pupils and meager, irregular pay.
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Samantha Eggar
Alice Field

Bud Cort
Max Brown

Michael J. Reynolds
Burt Fields

Ed Bell
Dan Smith (uncredited)

Chris Wiggins
Lyle Bishop

Merrilyn Gann
Sheila Barnes

Richard Davison
Max's Brother

Jennifer Hill
Summer Littlewood

Gary Reineke
Harris Montgomery

Michael Ross
Alan Littlewood

Kenneth Griffith
Inspector Woods

John Friesen
Dave McDougall

Norma West
Mrs. Bishop

Murray McCune
Bob Sanderson

Warren Sulatycky
Charlie McDougall

Scott Swan
Dan Trowbridge

Margery Hill
Mrs. Montgomery

Joanne McNeal
Mrs. McDougall

George Gwin
Dance Caller

Alan Stebbings
Lester Sinclair

Joe Yasinsky
Max's Father

Vernis McCuaig
Max's Mother

Kathie Ball
Louise Brown - Max's Sister

Jim Devereaux
Train Conductor

Lyman Potts
Radio Announcer (voice)

Dale McGowan
Jake Stevenson

Curtis Peterson
John Stevenson

Andrea Paulson
Anne McDougall

Dale Crowle
Myron McDougall

Larissa MacLean
Pearlie Sinclair

Michael Zwiers
Sammy Sinclair

Jody Hargraves
Cathy Friesen

Ronald Urban
Paul Friesen

Cynthia MacDonald
Mary Field

Rick Bremness
Bill Field

Cathy Lynn Viste
Betty Bishop

David Figenshaw
Carl Wells
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