Name: Grierson and Gouzenko
Released: 01 Jan 1970
Rating: 10
Cast: Eric Peterson, Saul Rubinek, Aaron Schwartz

Grierson and Gouzenko

HD 10 90 minutes

This rarely-screened teleplay written by Rick Salutin offers a dramatic glimpse into Canada’s Red Scare that pre-dated the rise of McCarthyism in the United States. John Grierson and his National Film Board of Canada become targets of an anti-Communist blacklist in the immediate post-war years, after Soviet clerk Igor Gouzenko produced documents revealing a spy ring operating in Canada. With a cast featuring Eric Peterson as Grierson, Saul Rubinek as Gouzenko, and Aaron Schwartz as Communist Party MP Fred Rose, this forgotten piece of Canadian history is brought to life in a very compelling CBC drama.

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Release: Jan 01, 1970

Crew: Martin Kinch (Director)

Cast: Eric Peterson, Saul Rubinek, Aaron Schwartz

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