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BREACH OF CONTRACT (1 x 96' TV movie)
With Braehead Productions
"She'll never be fool enough to sue the judge in his own court!" Yet in 1843, that is exactly what the judge's servant, Helen Rothney, did. Unmarried and heavily pregnant, she chose to face public humiliation along with rejection from the man she loved rather than allow an injustice to pass unheeded. Her rights as a free- thinking individual in an emerging nation were not to be compromised just because she was a woman. BREACH OF CONTRACT is based on an incredible but true story set in Scotland and Canada and climaxes with Helen winning her case against the judge and also winning back her child's father.
COMET HUNTER
(1 x 96' TV movie)
A compelling family drama about an immigrant boy's struggle with fitting in, social classes, love and growing up, and the positive effect of a strong friendship. Set in Wales and then Canada, the protagonists are a teenage boy and an ailing octogenarian comet hunter who discovers a new comet and registers it as discovered by the boy - an act of generosity which changes the boy's life.
THE ORKNEY LAD (2 x 96' Mini-series)
Based on the true story of the first white woman in Northern Canada, it's an adventure set in Canada and the Orkney Isles. A love story and a tragedy with a unique twist. Her name was Isabelle Gunn. Her sex: female; but she fooled both the Hudson Bay Company voyageurs & the world into believing that she was a man...until the canoe capsized, and her dream became a nightmare.
THE PREACHER (Theatrical feature film)
Based on the real life crime exploits of two Canadian brothers, The Reverend Herbert Wilson, who quit the ministry to become a master safe cracker, & his younger brother Lou, a pickpocket who became his lieutenant. Set in the Roaring 20's in the USA, they recruited a "Flapper" who became the preacher's moll. This unlikely gang knocked off 65 safes in a four year spree, netting US$16,000,000 before the Mafia hit them. All the while, the preacher's wife believed he was a traveling bible salesman with a genius for stock investments.
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