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Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story (2006)

5.2 | Mar 12, 2006 (CA) | Drama

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.

No. of seasons
1
No. of episodes
2

Cast

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Michael Therriault
Tommy Douglas
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Kristin Booth
Irma Douglas
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Brent Carver
Secretary Balsam
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Aidan Devine
MJ Coldwell
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Shannon Jardine
Lally Lawson
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Andy Jones
Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King
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Brian Markinson
Premier Jimmy Gardiner
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Don McKellar
Clarence Fines
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Jane Redlyon
Mrs. Babitch