Mayerthorpe (2008)

Name: Mayerthorpe
Director: Ken Girotti
Genre: Drama
Released: 2008-02-10
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Henry Czerny, Brian Markinson, Waneta Storms, Diane Ladd

Drama

Director: Ken Girotti

Cast: Henry Czerny, Brian Markinson, Waneta Storms, Diane Ladd

6.9

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A semi-fictional story about the shooting of four Canadian RCMP officers during a drug raid in Mayerthorpe, Alberta.

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Fans of character-driven dramas will appreciate the powerful performances by Henry Czerny and Brian Markinson in this 2008 film directed by Ken Girotti, which explores the tragic real-life shooting of four Canadian RCMP officers during a drug raid in Mayerthorpe, Alberta.

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Mayerthorpe, also known as Menace or To Serve and Protect: Tragedy at Mayerthorpe, is a Canadian dramatic television film which was directed by Ken Girotti and broadcast by CTV in 2008. The film is a dramatization of the Mayerthorpe tragedy of 2005, in which four Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers were shot and killed while executing a search warrant against an illegal marijuana growing operation on the Mayerthorpe, Alberta, farm of James Roszko.