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The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood

10 years in the making, the iconic comedy cult classic. The first movie to be fully made and produced in Newfoundland.

8.5 average rating
8.5
English / 110 MIN. / 1986

The Genres

The Synopsis

Faustus is a clerk in St. John's at the Newfoundland Department of Education. He dreams of becoming ruler of Newfoundland and seceding from Canada. In the real world, Faustus' boss Eddie Peddle plans to indoctrinate the citizenry of Newfoundland with a cult-like geometric theory known as Total Education, but Peddle may be foiled by the revelation of a secret from his past career.

The Cast

Andy JonesGreg MaloneRobert JoyBrian DowneyMaisie RillieMary WalshBeni MaloneTommy SextonCathy JonesJudy ParsonsMary WhittenBryan HennesseyNelson PorterBas JamiesonGerry CurnewJane DingleVal RyanEddy ButlerLaura DobbinFrank HoldenRoger StoodleyDave WheelerMichael WadeJanis SpenceCharlie TomlinsonKent BarrettRick BolandRon HynesLoretta GosseGreg ThomeySharon WalshDyan Olsen

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