Soundtrack: Eldon Rathburn

The best movies, series, and documentaries with a soundtrack by Eldon Rathburn. Enjoy the titles that feature an unforgettable music.


The Railrodder

1965 · Movie · 25 min. · Canada

Direction Gerald Potterton · Buster Keaton · John Spotton

Cast Buster Keaton

Plot After literally walking to Canada from England, Buster takes a cross-country trip across Canada on a railcar.

6.2

210 votes

6.2

210 votes

The Romance of Transportation in Canada (S)

1952 · Movie · 12 min. · Canada

Direction Colin Low

Plot A humourous survey of the history of the development of transportation technology in Canada.

5.8

23 votes

5.8

23 votes

Canon (S)

1964 · Movie · 9 min. · Canada

5.6

152 votes

5.6

152 votes

Christmas Cracker (S)

1962 · Movie · 9 min. · Canada

Direction Jeff Hale · Norman McLaren · Grant Munro · Gerald Potterton

Cast Grant Munro

Plot Three separate sequences related to Christmas, animated in different styles: cutout animation of children dancing in the snow to "Jingle Bells," stop-motion animation of toys come to life, and cel...

5.6

33 votes

5.6

33 votes

3.6

65 votes

Universe (S)

1960 · Documentary · 29 min. · Canada

Direction Roman Kroitor · Colin Low

Cast Donald MacRae · Douglas Rain

Plot A journey through the universe as it would appear to a space traveler beginning at the David Dunlap Observatory on Earth. It served as an inspiration for Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece...

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City of Gold (S)

1958 · Documentary · 22 min. · Canada

Direction Wolf Koenig · Colin Low

Cast Pierre Berton

Plot The writer Pierre Berton narrates the story of his childhood hometown's history during the Klondike Gold Rush. In doing so, Berton surveys the general history of the last great gold...

Not rated

Not rated

Waiting for Caroline

1969 · Movie · 86 min. · Canada

Direction Ron Kelly

Cast Alexandra Stewart · François Tassé · William Needles · Aileen eaton

Plot Caroline, a wealthy woman from Vancouver moves to Quebec and gets a job at an art gallery. She becomes romantically involved with Marc, a French actor when her former college...

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Danny and Nicky

1969 · Documentary · 56 min. · Canada

Direction Douglas Jackson

Plot This feature documentary offers a comparison of the care of two boys with Down syndrome. Danny lives at home with his brothers and sisters and attends a special neighborhood school...

Not rated

Not rated

Every Dog's Guide to Complete Home Safety (S)

1986 · Movie · 10 min. · Canada

Direction Les Drew

Plot A dedicated safety dog is run ragged protecting his dumb human family from their own carelessness.

Not rated

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Eskimo Artist: Kenojuak (S)

1967 · Documentary · 20 min. · Canada

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Canada's Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. Banks

1985 · Movie · 115 min. · Canada

Direction Donald Brittain

Cast Peter Boretski · Donald Brittain · Maury Chaykin · Jason Dean

Plot This biographical drama profiles the true life of Hal C. Banks, the tough American who once ruled the Canadian shipping industry.

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The Family That Dwelt Apart (S)

1973 · Movie · 8 min. · Canada

Direction Yvon Mallette

Plot A family of seven lives on a New England island with nobody else. One winter, they got stranded because the bay froze over. This didn't much matter to them, but...

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Cold Journey

1975 · Movie · 75 min. · Canada

Direction Martin Defalco

Cast John Yesno · Buckley Petawabano · Chief Dan George · Alphonse Dorion

Plot In this feature drama, a Canadian Indigenous youth attempts to find a place for himself. He faces culture shock as the educational system teaches him to be a white man...

Not rated

Not rated

Nobody Waved Good-bye

1964 · Movie · 80 min. · Canada

Direction Don Owen

Cast Peter Kastner · Julie Biggs · Claude Rae · Toby Tarnow

Plot 18 year-old Peter lives with his parents in a middle-class Toronto suburb and rebels constantly against their imposed middle-class goals and conventions and the materialist values they represent. He constantly...

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Not rated

Who Has Seen the Wind

1977 · Movie · 100 min. · Canada

Direction Allan King

Cast Brian Painchaud · Douglas Junor · Patricia Hamilton · Gordon Pinsent

Plot The coming-of-age of adolescent Brian O'Connal in small town Depression-era Saskatchewan is told. The son of the local pharmacist Gerald O'Connal, Brian is in many ways a typical boy, who...

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It's a Crime (S)

1957 · Movie · 13 min. · Canada

Direction Wolf Koenig

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Not rated