Struggling to find pre-70's Canadian films for an ICM challenge,I started to take a closer look at each individual year. Finding only a small number from the 50's,I was happy to spot a Canadian Western,which led to me freeing the wolf dog.
The plot:
Freed after serving years in jail for manslaughter, Jim Hughes decides to start a new life by taking his wife Ellen and son Paul to a new home in the countryside. Whilst Paul gets a warm welcome from a wolf dog he finds,Jim gets a less than welcoming reception from the locals. Trying to go in a new direction,Jim soon finds people from his past sniffing out his new location.
View on the film:
Filmed in the dusty rural lands of Markdale, Ontario, producer/director Sam Newfield & cinematographer Frederick Ford make this a Lassie- style family Drama with some Western and Film Gris sides chipped in. Panning along the countryside surroundings of the Hughes house,Newfield enters the house with cornered shots which hint that Jim's past is catching up. Joined by a chiselled Jim Davis as Jim and an aw-shucks Tony Brown as Paul, Allison Hayes gives a sweet, motherly performance as Ellen Hughes,who hears the wolf dog bark at the moon.
The plot:
Freed after serving years in jail for manslaughter, Jim Hughes decides to start a new life by taking his wife Ellen and son Paul to a new home in the countryside. Whilst Paul gets a warm welcome from a wolf dog he finds,Jim gets a less than welcoming reception from the locals. Trying to go in a new direction,Jim soon finds people from his past sniffing out his new location.
View on the film:
Filmed in the dusty rural lands of Markdale, Ontario, producer/director Sam Newfield & cinematographer Frederick Ford make this a Lassie- style family Drama with some Western and Film Gris sides chipped in. Panning along the countryside surroundings of the Hughes house,Newfield enters the house with cornered shots which hint that Jim's past is catching up. Joined by a chiselled Jim Davis as Jim and an aw-shucks Tony Brown as Paul, Allison Hayes gives a sweet, motherly performance as Ellen Hughes,who hears the wolf dog bark at the moon.