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Goin' Down the Road is a canadien film of genre Drama directed by Donald Shebib released in USA on 19 october 1970 with Doug McGrath
Goin' Down the Road (1970)
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Add to a movie listGoin' Down the Road is a key 1970 Canadian film directed by Donald Shebib, co-written by William Fruet and Don Shebib, and released in 1970. It chronicles the lives of two young men from the Maritimes to Toronto, chronicling their hopes of finding a better life. It stars Doug McGrath, Paul Bradley, Jayne Eastwood and Cayle Chernin. Despite the lack of a large production budget, the movie is generally regarded as one of the best and most influential Canadian films of all time and has received considerable critical acclaim for its writing, directing and acting.
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Pete and Joey drive their 1960 Chevrolet Impala from their home on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia to Toronto with the hope of meeting up with their relatives in the city who might be able to help them find them jobs. But their relatives hide from what they see as the pair's uncouth behaviour, and the two are set adrift in the city. The men find minimum-wage jobs at $2 an hour for a 40-hour week, still much better pay than anything they could have found back home.Actors
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