I'm Going to Get You, Elliott Boy
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Ed Forsyth
Paul Fulford
Jerry Thomas
Maureen McGill
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| Directed by | Ed Forsyth |
| Screenplay by | Joseph E. Duhamel Ed Forsyth Paul Fulford Jerry Thomas |
| Produced by | Avron M. Slutker |
| Starring | Ross Stephanson Maureen McGill |
| Cinematography | Peter Reusch |
| Edited by | Ed Forsyth |
| Music by | Allan Alper |
Production company | Cinepro |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
I'm Going to Get You, Elliott Boy is a Canadian prison drama film, directed by Ed Forsyth and released in 1971.[1] The film stars Ross Stephanson as Elliott Markson, a young man who is sent to prison after being set up to rob a bank by his girlfriend Sherri (Maureen McGill), and is hardened by the experience until becoming a cold-blooded killer,[2] principally by the prevalence of prison rape and physical and mental abuse.[3]
Elliot has just gotten out of college, and is persuaded by his cheating girlfriend to serve as the getaway driver for a botched bank robbery. His girlfriend ends up double crossing him and turns him in to the police. He is sentenced to two years in prison, where he is subjected to the harsh realities of prison.
Cast
- Ross Stephenson as Elliot Markinson (credited as Ross Stephanson)
- Maureen McGill as Sherri
- Jeremy Hart as Evans
- Edward Blessington as Yurik Slowensky
- Don MacQuarrie as Josie
- Richard Gishler as "Banjo"
- Paul Kelman as Andre
- Donald Cook as Kovick
- Anthony Weaver as Turner
- Cliff Betty as Perkins
- John Fraser as Papa Sol
- Doug Hepburn as Hank
- Bob McCord as Dave
- Robert Harvey as Mike
- Abdullah the Butcher as Abdullah
Production and distribution
The film had its genesis when Joseph Duhamel, a journalist and prison reform advocate who claimed to have once committed a crime in the United States solely so that he could be sent to the United States Medical Center for Federal Prisoners to accomplish his goal of interviewing Robert "the Birdman of Alcatraz" Stroud, met Avron Slutker, the owner of a chain of drycleaning shops in Edmonton, Alberta.[4] Slutker initially agreed to provide funding for Duhamel's story outline about a young man's experience in the prison system, but after several years of little progress being made on the film, Slutker directly stepped in to salvage the film by producing it himself and hiring director Ed Forsyth.[5]
Forsyth completed the screenplay with the assistance of writers Paul Fulford and Jerry Thomas, and the film went into production in 1970.[4] It was shot principally at the CFB Griesbach detention barracks in Edmonton, along with a few scenes shot in Slutker's own home, and was acted predominantly by a cast of amateur local actors from the Edmonton area apart from the casting of wrestler Abdullah the Butcher in a supporting role as a corrupt prison guard.[4]
The film premiered on June 2, 1971 at the Rialto Theatre in Edmonton.[4] It was later entered into the Best Motion Picture competition at the 23rd Canadian Film Awards.[6]