Crown and Anchor (film)

Crown and Anchor
Film poster
Directed byAndrew Rowe
Written byAndrew Rowe
Michael Rowe
Matt Wells
Produced byVince Buda
Rhett Giles
Michael Rowe
Matt Wells
StarringMichael Rowe
Matt Wells
CinematographyAdam Penney
Edited byAndrew Rowe
Release date
  • March 2, 2018 (2018-03-02)
Running time
78 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Crown and Anchor is a Canadian drama film, directed by Andrew Rowe and released in 2018.[1] The film stars Michael Rowe, a police officer in Toronto who returns home to Newfoundland and Labrador for his mother's funeral, only to learn that his cousin Danny (Matt Wells) has been drawn into a life of crime and violence.[2]

The film's cast also includes Natalie Brown, Stephen McHattie, Ben Cotton and Robert Joy.

The film premiered at the Cinequest Film Festival in April 2018, and had its Canadian premiere at the Nickel Film Festival in June.[3]

The film received two Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019, for Best Actor (Rowe) and Best Makeup (Lauryn Ford).[4]