AKOOLFILM COMPANY
13 X ONE HOUR MADE FOR TV HISTORY DOCUMENTARIES
Produced by: Allen Kool
Directed by: Allen Kool
Written by: Robin E. Crozier
and Jeffrey Pfeifer
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Executive Producers: Michael A. Charbon
Edited by: Andrew C. Brown
Director of Photography: John Holosko csc
Production Designer/Art Director: Peter Mihaichuk
Sound Design by: Hayward Parrott
Casting by: Lisa Parasyn
Additional Casting by: Elle Bernardo
Researchers: Jeffrey Pfeifer, John Winterdyk,
James Giles
Associate Producers: Jeffrey Pfeifer
Assistant Camera Operator: Declan Rintoul
Head Hair Stylist: Sheri LeBlanc
Assistant Make Up: Sara Case
Assistant Make Up: Olivia Bos
Special Effects Pyros: James Sled
Stunt Coordinator: Wayne Wells
Assistant to the Producer: Madison Dubay
Assistant to the Producer: Fern Pridham
Property Master: Jeff Palmer
Assistant Wardrobe: Vanessa Granata
Sound Mixer: Dallas Boyes
Assistant Sound: Donnie Ivey
SPFX Make Up: Desiree Van De Laar
SPFX Make Up: Brian Rowe
Driver: John Thomson
Assistant Wardrobe: Taylor Jordan
Production Accountant: Jeff Kulbak
Production Lawyer: Martyn Krys
Still Photographer: Lori Anne Franklin
Bookkeeper: Brenda Mokren
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A documentary series, based on true accounts.
The Hangman’s Tale, each episode delves into a chilling recounting of executions carried out in Canada during the early 19th century.
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On July 14th 1976 the House of Commons voted 130 to 124 to abolish the death penalty in Canada. The narrow vote, under the Trudeau government, put an official end to 109 years of capital punishment in Canada. During this period, 1532 people stood in the prisoner’s dock in courtrooms throughout the country and listened as a judge placed a black cap on his head and sentenced them to hang by the neck until dead, some of these were eventually commuted. 702 people were unable to escape the gallows, and departed this world at the end of a rope. There were eleven women, 691 men of all ages ranging from 16-to 73 years of age. With only one exception all were convicted of murder. The death penalty could only be imposed for three crimes (Rape, Murder, Treason). Only one man was executed for Treason. Executions took place in every province except Newfoundland.
Our stories are those of the Men and Women executed between 1867 and 1923.
"NOOSE" The Hangman’s Tale
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CAST
Stephen McHattie as The Hangman
Allison Plamondon as Elizabeth Workman
Peter MacNeill as Judge Adam Wilson
Chuck Shamata as Nicholas Melady Sr.
Michael Hough as James Worman
Molly Lewis as Elizabeth Jones
Maya Misaljevic as Mary Jones
Brooke Palsson as Phoebe Campbell
Kevin B. Hartley as Crown Attorney Mr. Idington
Charlot Daysh as Miss Nix
Brielle Robillard as Mary Pickering Tulpin
Malik McCall as Samuel Butler
Charlotte Lindsay Marron as Lizy Anderson
Felipe Aukai as George Campbell
Lawrene Denkers as Alice Melady
Olivia Hammond as Mrs. Skirvins
Mark Cowling as William Harvey
William Foley as John Young
John Corbett as a Judge
Michael Delany as John A. Mackenzie
Bryan Edwards as David Patterson
Joel LaCoursiere as Nicholas Melady Jr.
Mark Whelan as a Judge
Al Bernstein as a prosecutor
Jim Canale as a Crown Attorney
Katisha Shaw as Sara Patterson
Una Roulston as Lillian Harvey
Megane Proulx as Emma Cooke
Jackson Martin as Edward Punk Jardine
Billy Merrylees as Mr. Lamb the Jailer
James M Jenkinson as Dr. Edward Oliver
Sabrina Knappett as Mary McLaughlan
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Special Guest Speakers:
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Supporting Cast: to Date:​​
Gregory George as Jury Foreman
John Bullen as a Juror
Don Van Galen as a Jury Foreman
Bramwell Steele as a Juror
Andrew Bee as the Constable
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