Why Rock the Boat? (1974)

Genres - Comedy  |   Run Time - 113 min.  |   Countries - Canada  |   MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson

The scene is Canada in the 1940s. Fledgling reporter Harry Barnes (Stuart Gillard) finds his dreams of journalistic fame dampened by the disillusioned older journalists surrounding him. Harry never does get that "big scoop," but he does excel in the romance department. After a brief assignation with the publisher's wife (Patricia Gage) he thrills coworker Julia Martin (Tiiu Leek) by becoming a firebrand leader of the newspaper union movement (never mind that he's drunk at the time). Why Rock the Boat? is a 1974 release of the National Film Board of Canada.

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reporter, journalism, newspaper, union [labor union], drunk, extramarital-affair, love, seduction, editor