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William Fruet (born January 1, 1933) is a Canadian film and television director, playwright and screenwriter. He made his directorial debut with the drama Wedding in White (1972), based on a play he had also written.
William Fruet was born on 1 January 1933 in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. He is a director and writer, known for The House by the Lake (1976), The Egg Factory (2008) and Code Name: Eternity (2000).
William Fruet. Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Actor. (b. January 1, 1933 Lethbridge, Alberta) A graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada, William Fruet trained as an actor, playwright and director.
Cries in the Night, more popularly released as Funeral Home, is a 1980 Canadian slasher film directed by William Fruet and starring Lesleh Donaldson, Kay Hawtrey, Jack Van Evera, Alf Humphreys, and Harvey Atkin.
Based on his own stage play, Wedding In White was writer/director Bill Fruet’s followup to his landmark script for the classic Goin’ Down The Road. Download Info Page here!
Oct 20, 1972 · Wedding in White: Directed by William Fruet. With Donald Pleasence, Carol Kane, Doris Petrie, Leo Phillips. A father will do anything to protect his family's reputation when his unmarried teenage daughter becomes pregnant because she was raped by her brother's friend.
Out of this commonplace story about ordinary people, the Canadian writer and director William Fruet has fashioned “Wedding in White,” a poignant, bitter, sometimes surprisingly funny slice-of-life. It really does recreate its wartime society; everything about it is right: the clothes, the dialog and particularly the prejudices and ignorance.
