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Sam's Army (1999)
Directed by Alan Erlich
“Far from Home: Canada and the Great War - Part 1”
Documentary, War · 1h 30m
Canada was led to war by a bigoted, ignorant, self-obsessed Minister of Militia, who may well have been clinically insane, but the importance of Canada's contribution in that war owes a great deal to him. The man of course, was Colonel - later made Lieutenant General by his own hand - Sam Hughes. Sam's Army is a compelling portrait of a complex man and the formidable military he built. Sam Hughes was not your standard-issue military leader. Canada's World War I Minister of Militia and Defence concentrated power in his own hands, insisted that the Canadian military use the ill-conceived Ross rifle and liberally promoted his cronies. But there was no denying Hughes was a visionary. He assembled the world's largest-ever volunteer army and bucked superiors to keep his ferocious fighting force together in one Canadian Corps.
Cast
Paul Gross
David Calderisi
Benedict Campbell
Patrick Garrow
Linda Goranson
Crew
- Director
- Alan Erlich
- Writer
- James Wallen, Richard Nielsen
- Director of Photography
- Christophe Bonnière
- Editor
- Gina Binetti
- Producer
- Richard Nielsen
Details
- Release date
- 1999-03-01
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Documentary, War
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Production
- Chum Television, CBC, ONF | NFB, Norflicks Productions, CTF | FCT