The Rowdyman

The Rowdyman
Directed byPeter Carter
Written byGordon Pinsent
Produced byLawrence Dane
StarringGordon Pinsent
Will Geer
Frank Converse
Linda Goranson
CinematographyEdmund Long
Edited byMichael Manne
Music byBen McPeek
Distributed byCrawley Films
Release dates
  • May 18, 1972 (1972-05-18) (Canada)
  • July 1973 (1973-07) (U.S.)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish
Budget$350,000

The Rowdyman is a 1972 comedy film with moralistic overtones, set in Newfoundland.[1] It was written by and starred native Newfoundlander Gordon Pinsent.

The film is about Will Cole (Pinsent). In his thirties, he doesn't take life seriously, but his antics bring pain and tragic consequences to friends and family. He is sexually liberated and has sex with a stranger (Dawn Greenhalgh) on a train and his carelessness at work causes pain for his best friend and co-worker (Frank Converse).

  1. ^ Gerald Pratley, A Century of Canadian Cinema. Lynx Images, 2003. ISBN 1-894073-21-5. p. 185.