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The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood

The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood

★ 8.7/10•1986•1h 50m•Comedy•Drama•Fantasy

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

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.

Michael Jones · Director

Michael Jones · Writer

Andy Jones · Director

Andy Jones · Writer

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 50m
LanguageEN
Release DateJan 2, 1986

Actors

Andy Jones

Andy Jones

Faustus Bidgood

Greg Malone

Greg Malone

Vasily Bogdanovittch Shagoff

Robert Joy

Robert Joy

Eddie Peddle

Brian Downey

Brian Downey

Fred Bonia-Coombs

Maisie Rillie

Phillys Meaney

Mary Walsh

Mary Walsh

Heady Nolan

Beni Malone

Henry Harry

Tommy Sexton

Tommy Sexton

Frank Dollar

Cathy Jones

Cathy Jones

Margaret Mary Stackdeck

Judy Parsons

Ina Fudge

Mary Whitten

Mrs. Benson

Bryan Hennessey

Uncle Henry Penny

Nelson Porter

Premier Jonathan Moon

Bas Jamieson

Claude Squires

Gerry Curnew

Claude Hickman

Jane Dingle

Mary Bidgood

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