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Giant Mine (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Giant Mine' is a Canadian television film, which dramatizes the events of the 1992 Giant Mine labour dispute and the subsequent bomb explosion which killed nine replacement workers. The film, written by John Hunter and Martin O'Malley and directed by Penelope Buitenhuis, aired on CBC Television in 1996.
Cast
* Frank Moore as Roger Warren
* Peter Outerbridge as Jim O'Neil
* Thomas Mitchell as Chris Neill
* Alberta Watson as Peggy Witte
* Peter MacNeill as Harry Seaton
* Wayne Robson as Bill Schram
* Shawn Doyle as Al Shearing
* Scott Speedman as "Spanky" Riggs
* Caroly Larson as Carol Aitken
* Chris Benson as Arnold Russell
* Layne Coleman as Dale Hounson
Parody
* The Canadian parody show 'This Hour has 22 Minutes' poked fun at the film, in a sketch called "Tiny Mine"
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