Steel Toes | |
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Directed by | Mark Adam David Gow |
Produced by | Francine Allaire |
Written by | David Gow |
Starring |
David Strathairn Andrew Walker Aaron Grunfeld Ivan Smith Ron Lea |
Music by | Benoît Groulx |
Cinematography | Mark Adam |
Edited by | Mark Adam Susan Shanks |
Distributed by | Monterey Media Film Tonic |
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90 minutes |
Country | Canada United States |
Language | English |
Steel Toes is a 2006 film directed by David Gow and Mark Adam, and starring David Strathairn. It was filmed in Montréal, Quebec, and was produced by Galafilm. The film was based on writer/director David Gow's play Cherry Docs.
Danny Dunkleman (Strathairn) is a Jewish humanist and a lawyer who works for the court system in Canada. He is assigned to defend Mike Downey (Andrew Walker), a member of the Aryan Brotherhood who is accused of a brutal, racially motivated murder. Behind prison walls, the two have a clash of ideologies as Dunkleman attempts to put his professional beliefs before his personal beliefs, and his client clings to his hateful beliefs.