Deserters (film)

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Deserters
Directed by Jack Darcus
Written byJack Darcus
Produced byTom Braidwood
Jack Darcus
Starring Alan Scarfe
Barbara March
Jon Bryden
CinematographyTony Westman
Edited byJack Darcus
Bill Roxborough
Doris Dyck
Ingrid Rosen
Music by Michael Conway Baker
Production
company
Exile Productions
Release date
  • 1983 (1983)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Deserters is a Canadian drama film, released in 1983. Written and directed by Jack Darcus, the film stars Alan Scarfe as Ulysses Hawley, a United States Army officer who is in Canada undercover to arrest Vietnam War draft dodgers. [1] The film's cast also includes Barbara March, Jon Bryden and Dermot Hennelly.

The film garnered six Genie Award nominations at the 5th Genie Awards in 1984, for Best Actor (Scarfe), Best Actress (March), Best Director (Darcus), Best Screenplay (Darcus), Best Editing (Darcus, Bill Roxborough, Doris Dyck and Ingrid Rosen) and Best Original Score (Michael Conway Baker). [2]

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References

  1. Jay Scott, "Deserters plays a guessing game". The Globe and Mail , August 24, 1983.
  2. "11 nominations for Chapdelaine in Genie race". The Globe and Mail , February 10, 1984.