Sam's Army(1999)

Sam's Army Synopsis

Canada was led to war by a bigoted, ignorant, self-obsessed Minister of Militia, who may well have been clinically insane, but the importance of Canada's contribution in that war owes a great deal to him. The man of course, was Colonel - later made Lieutenant General by his own hand - Sam Hughes. Sam's Army is a compelling portrait of a complex man and the formidable military he built. Sam Hughes was not your standard-issue military leader. Canada's World War I Minister of Militia and Defence concentrated power in his own hands, insisted that the Canadian military use the ill-conceived Ross rifle and liberally promoted his cronies. But there was no denying Hughes was a visionary. He assembled the world's largest-ever volunteer army and bucked superiors to keep his ferocious fighting force together in one Canadian Corps.

Sam's Army (1999) is a documentary and war film directed by Alan Erlich, released on March 1, 1999 with a runtime of 1h 30m. It stars Paul Gross, Bradford Jackson, Brad Austin and John Bayliss. Viewers rate it 9.0 out of 10 across 2 ratings.