Fire and Ice: The Rocket Richard Riot(2000)

🎬47 min
📅2000-06-01
🎭Documentary
1.0/10

Overview

In 1955, as a hotly contested hockey season was coming to an end, the star of the Montreal Canadiens, Maurice "the Rocket" Richard, was suspended for attacking an opponent with a stick and hitting a referee by then president of the NHL Clarence Campbell. This set off a huge riot in the streets of Montreal. The documentary claims, unconvincingly, that this event added to the sparks of the political revolution in Quebec that led to the rise of the separatist movement.

Production

Galafilm, Barna-Alper Productions

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Cast

Dennis O'Connor
Dennis O'Connor
as Narrator
Yvon Roy
Yvon Roy
as Maurice Richard
Paul Stewart
Paul Stewart
as Clarence Campbell
Christian Sbrocca
Christian Sbrocca
as Hal Laycoe
Alan Fawcett
Alan Fawcett
as Ken Reardon