Sam's Army (movie)
- User score: 10
- Production country: CA
- Producer: Alan Erlich
- Production companies: Chum Television, CBC, ONF | NFB, Norflicks Productions Ltd., CTF | FCT
- Genre: Documentary, War
- Release date: 3/1/1999
- Run time: 90 min.
Movie description
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.
