Don't Let the Angels Fall
{{short description|1969 film}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2020}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Don't Let the Angels Fall
| image = File:Don't Let the Angels Fall.jpg
| caption = Film poster
| director = George Kaczender
| producer = John Kemeny
| writer = Timothy Findley
George Kaczender
| starring = Arthur Hill
| music = David Hassinger & The Collectors
| cinematography = Paul Leach
| editing = Michael McKennirey
| distributor = National Film Board of Canada
| released = {{film date|1969|10|24}}
| runtime = 99 minutes
| country = Canada
| language = English
| budget = $161,528{{sfn|Evans|1991|p=154}}
}}
Don't Let the Angels Fall is a 1969 Canadian drama film directed by George Kaczender. In 1971, it was named Best Foreign Feature Film by the Critics and Journalists Association of Ceylon.{{cite web |title=Don't Let the Angels Fall |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=12504 |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=8 February 2023}}
Plot
A Montreal businessman (Arthur Hill), who's going through a mid-life crisis and on a business trip out of town, has a brief affair with a divorcée (Sharon Acker). His family is falling apart and his wife (Charmion King) seems incapable of understanding what's going on.
Cast
{{Cast listing|
- Arthur Hill as Robert
- Sharon Acker as Barbara
- Charmion King as Myrna
- Jonathan Michaelson as Guy
- Monique Mercure as Mrs. Pelletier
- Michèle Magny as Diane
- Andrée Lachapelle as Prostitute
- John Kastner as Michael
- Peter Desbarats as TV host
- Ian Ireland as Mr. Ferguson
- Madeleine Rozon as Miss Agnew
- Gwyn MacKenzie as Teacher
- Eileen Clifford as Gladys
- Len Watt as The boss
- Walter Massey as Police sergeant
}}
References
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Works cited
- {{cite book|last=Evans |first=Gary |title=In the National Interest: A Chronicle of the National Film Board of Canada from 1949 to 1989 |publisher=University of Toronto Press |date=1991 |url=https://archive.org/details/innationalintere0000evan |isbn=0802027849}}
External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0064248|title=Don't Let the Angels Fall}}
- [https://archive.today/20120806214432/http://www3.nfb.ca/collection/films/fiche/?id=12504 National Film Board of Canada Web page]
{{Timothy Findley}}
Category:Canadian black-and-white films
Category:English-language Canadian films
Category:Films directed by George Kaczender
Category:National Film Board of Canada films
Category:Works by Timothy Findley
Category:Films produced by John Kemeny
Category:1960s English-language films
Category:English-language drama films
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