The Sloane Affair

1973 Canadian film
  • February 14, 1973 (1973-02-14)
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54 minutesCountryCanadaLanguageEnglish

The Sloane Affair is a Canadian docudrama television film, directed by Douglas Jackson and broadcast by CBC Television in 1973.[1] Created by the National Film Board of Canada, the film starred Michael Kane as Alan Sloane, a businessman being prosecuted by the government for tax fraud.[2]

The cast also included Cec Linder, Ron Hartmann, John Bethune, Rex Sevenoaks, Dave Broadfoot, Alfie Scopp and Al Waxman.

The film was funded in part by the Department of National Revenue as an educational film about the legal ramifications of tax fraud, with its screenplay based in part on real tax fraud prosecutions.[1] Critic Blaik Kirby of The Globe and Mail criticized it on these grounds, calling it an "out-and-out propaganda film" and writing that "it's as if writer-producer-director Doug Jackson had an assistant deputy minister assigned to look over his shoulder as he typed, to make sure that the message was sufficiently heavy-handed."[1]

The film won four Canadian Film Awards at the 25th Canadian Film Awards in 1973, for Best TV Drama, Best Art Direction in a Non-Feature, Best Direction in a Non-Feature and Best Screenplay for a Non-Feature.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c Blaik Kirby, "Heavy-handed propaganda from National Revenue". The Globe and Mail, February 14, 1973.
  2. ^ Sheila McCook, "Sloane Affair: Trials of a taxman". Ottawa Citizen, February 14, 1973.
  3. ^ Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0-7737-3238-1. pp. 111-114.
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Films directed by Douglas Jackson
  • The Sloane Affair (1973)
  • The Heatwave Lasted Four Days (1974)
  • Empire, Inc. (1983)
  • The Front Line (1985)
  • Whispers (1990)
  • Deadbolt (1992)
  • The Paperboy (1994)
  • The Wrong Woman (1995)
  • Midnight in Saint Petersburg (1996)
  • Natural Enemy (1996)
  • Twists of Terror (1997)
  • Random Encounter (1998)
  • Dead End (1998)
  • Requiem for Murder (1999)
  • The Witness Files (1999)
  • Someone Is Watching (2000)
  • The Ghost (2001)
  • Nowhere in Sight (2001)
  • Aftermath (2002)
  • Saving Emily (2004)
  • Stranger at the Door (2004)
  • Her Perfect Spouse (2004)
  • A Lover's Revenge (2005)
  • A Killer Upstairs (2005)
  • The Perfect Neighbor (2005)
  • The Rival (2006)
  • The Perfect Marriage (2006)
  • Maid of Honor (2006)
  • My Daughter's Secret (2007)
  • Christie's Revenge (2007)
  • Framed for Murder (2007)
  • Dead at 17 (2008)
  • Her Only Child (2008)
  • The Perfect Assistant (2008)
  • My Nanny's Secret (2009)


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