Murder Remembered - Norfolk County 1950

199746 min 49 secFilm: Documentary

PG

Direction: Robert Fortier

Production: Mark ZannisRobert FortierDon Haig

A bright June day in Langton, a small town in Ontario's tobacco belt. The year is 1950. Herbert McAuliffe walks into the local bank, armed with two guns. By nightfall, two men are dead. After the killings, McAuliffe flees into the woods; for three days a posse hunts him, while the community lives in fear. Murder Remembered - Norfolk County 1950 goes back to Langton, documenting an episode which remains forever etched in the town's collective memory. Combining gritty reenactments with first-hand accounts, director Robert Fortier details the robbery, the subsequent manhunt and eventual trial, shedding new light on McAuliffe's personality--his tragic childhood and respected WWII record. A gripping account of a crime whose effects are still being felt today, Murder Remembered - Norfolk County 1950 makes a forceful and thought-provoking contribution to the ongoing debate on capital punishment.

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  • Law and Crime > Legal System, Personnel and ProceedingsMurderPortraits
  • History - Canada - 1946-Present > OntarioPortraits

Credits


director
Robert Fortier
producer
Mark Zannis
Robert Fortier
executive producer
Don Haig
cinematography
Allan Piil
sound
Greg Chapman
editing
Robert Fortier
sound editing
Wojtek Klis
re-recording
Serge Boivin
Geoffrey Mitchell
animation
Pierre Landry
music
Eric Lemoyne
cast
Ken McAuliffe
Ed Minchin