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Why Rock the Boat?: Directed by John Howe. With Stuart Gillard, Tiiu Leek, Ken James, Budd Knapp. A young naive reporter romances a female reporter who is quietly organizing a journalist union and joins her cause.
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- Comedy, Romance
- John Howe
- 1974-09-26
Why Rock the Boat? is a 1974 Canadian romantic comedy film directed by John Howe. The film stars Stuart Gillard as Harry Barnes, a young journalist in Montreal who becomes romantically involved with Julia Martin (Tiiu Leek), a reporter for a competing newspaper who is organizing to unionize their industry.
A young naive reporter romances a female reporter who is quietly organizing a journalist union and joins her cause. In 1940's Montreal, Canada, a young reporter named Harry Barnes gets his first job at The Daily Witness, the worst paper in the city.
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- John Howe
- ONF NFB
- Stuart Gillard
Movie Info Synopsis A 1940s cub reporter (Stuart Gillard) woos his rival (Tiiu Leek), befriends a photographer (Ken James), and makes popcorn with the city editor's wife. Director
- Romance, Comedy
- Stuart Gillard
- John Howe
Why Rock the Boat? is a Canadian romantic comedy film, directed by John Howe and released in 1974. The film stars Stuart Gillard as Harry Barnes, a young journalist in Montreal who becomes romantically involved with Julia Martin (Tiiu Leek), a reporter for a competing newspaper who is organizing to unionize their industry.
Harry Barnes is a fledgling reporter in 1940s Canada whose enthusiasm for a journalistic career is wavering due to the cynicism of his older colleagues. While working in vain to get a "big scoop' Harry does succeed in having an affair with his publisher's wife and impresses a female co-worker by bec.
