Saint Ralph

Name: Saint Ralph
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Released: 2005-04-08
Duration: 1 h 38 min
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Adam Butcher, Michael Kanevsky, Gordon Pinsent, Tamara Hope, Chris Anton

IMDb ID: tt0384488 · Year: 2005 · Rating: 7.3 (6,423 votes)

Genres: Comedy · Drama · Sport

Saint Ralph is the unlikely story of Ralph Walker, a ninth-grader who outran everyone's expectations except his own in his bold quest to win the 1954 Boston Marathon.

IMDb Details

Content TypeMovieAlternate TitlesAustralia: Saint Ralph
Canada: Saint Ralph (English)
Germany: Saint Ralph (Alternative Title)
India: Saint Ralph (English)
Sweden: Saint Ralph
United States: Saint Ralph
South Africa: Saint Ralph (English)
Argentina: En busca de un milagro (Alternative Title)
Mexico: En busca de un milagro
Portugal: Em Busca de Um Milagre
Brazil: Em Busca De Um Milagre
Hungary: Maraton a csodáért
France: Ralph
Argentina: Ralph, el santo
Germany: Saint Ralph - Ich will laufen
Romania: Sfântul Ralph
Poland: Święty Ralph
United Kingdom: The Miracle of Saint Ralph
Canada: Un miracle pour Ralph (French)
Russia: Святой Ральф
Japan: リトル・ランナー (Japanese)
The Miracle of Saint RalphContent RatingPG-13Release Date2005-04-08Runtime98 minutesMetascore51IMDb Popularity0User Reviews57Critic Reviews35Countries / RegionsCanadaLanguagesEnglishKeywordsdoubt
male protagonist
year 1954
character name as title
nickname as titleFilming LocationsCambridge, Ontario, CanadaProduction CompaniesAlliance Atlantis Communications
Amaze Film + Television
Running Miracles ProductionsIMDb URLhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0384488/Local Poster/d/file/imdb/03/tt0384488.jpgUpdated At2025-02-11T19:51:31

Directors

Michael McGowan

Writers

Michael McGowan

Full Cast & Crew

[Cast Group]
Actor: Adam Butcher | Character: Ralph Walker
Actor: Michael Kanevsky | Character: Chester Jones
Actor: Gordon Pinsent | Character: Father Fitzpatrick
Actor: Tamara Hope | Character: Claire Collins
Actor: Chris Anton | Character: Hulk
Actor: Paulette Sinclair | Character: Secretary Roddy
Actor: Campbell Scott | Character: Father George Hibbert
Actor: Shauna MacDonald | Character: Emma Walker
Actor: Jennifer Tilly | Character: Nurse Alice
Actor: Lubica Kucerova | Character: Woman in Shower
Actor: Ben Gans | Character: Senior Citizen #1
Actor: Jock McLeod | Character: Senior Citizen #2
Actor: Jeff Baxter | Character: Cattana
Actor: Daniel Karasik | Character: Bolan
Actor: Frank Crudele | Character: Mr. Karl
Actor: Jonathan Walker | Character: Mr. Collins
Actor: Keir Gilchrist | Character: Kid Collins
Actor: Jonathan Wilson | Character: Father Gregg
Actor: Rob Smith | Character: Santa Claus
Actor: Joan Massiah | Character: Mrs. Scarlet
Actor: Gerard Parkes | Character: Longboat
Actor: Boyd Banks | Character: Worker #1
Actor: Henry Alessandroni | Character: Worker #2
Actor: Fiona Highet | Character: Nurse
Actor: Brandon Barré | Character: Road Runner
Actor: John Blakey | Character: Spectator #1
Actor: Naomi Emmerson | Character: Spectator #2
Actor: Seán Cullen | Character: Children's Aid Officer
Actor: Barry Stillwell | Character: Mr. Jones
Actor: Jonathan Higgins | Character: Boston Announcer
Actor: Michael David Brown | Character: John Bannon
Actor: Kelly Lovell | Character: Seen on Camera
Actor: Brian Bannan | Character: Priest
Actor: Miranda Black | Character: Nurse Riggin
Actor: Peter Feniak | Character: Reporter #2
Actor: Peter Tufford Kennedy | Character: Reporter

[Directors Group]
Name: Michael McGowan | Role: Director

[Writers Group]
Name: Michael McGowan | Role: Writer

[Producers Group]
Name: Brian Barrett | Role: Producer
Name: Peter Emerson | Role: Producer
Name: Teza Lawrence | Role: Producer
Name: Andrea Mann | Role: Producer
Name: Seaton McLean | Role: Producer
Name: Marguerite Pigott | Role: Producer
Name: Michael Souther | Role: Producer
Name: Peter Alan Sussman | Role: Producer
Name: Gordon Yang | Role: Producer

[Music Group]
Name: Andrew Lockington | Role: Composer

[Cinematography Group]
Name: Rene Ohashi | Role: Cinematographer

[Editing Group]
Name: Susan Maggi | Role: Editor

[Casting Group]
Name: Deirdre Bowen | Role: Casting Director
Name: Jenny Lewis | Role: Casting Director

[Production Design Group]
Name: Matthew Davies | Role: Production Designer

[Art Direction Group]
Name: Ken Watkins | Role: Art Director

[Set Decoration Group]
Name: Erica Milo | Role: Set Decorator

[Costume Design Group]
Name: Anne Dixon | Role: Costume Designer

[Makeup Department]
Name: Susan Exton-Stranks | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Mary Sue Heron | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Candice Ornstein | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Andrea Tranmueller | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Kiisti Matsuo | Role: Makeup Department

[Production Management]
Name: John Harcourt | Role: Production Manager
Name: Jennifer Macleod | Role: Production Manager
Name: Stephen Paniccia | Role: Production Manager
Name: Paul Vella | Role: Production Manager
Name: Gordon Yang | Role: Production Manager

[Assistant Directors]
Name: Velvet Andrews-Smith | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Fergus Barnes | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: September Death | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Mark MacDonald | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director

[Art Department]
Name: Jon Bankson | Role: Art Department
Name: Luis Camara | Role: Art Department
Name: Nitram Dass | Role: Art Department
Name: Brent Kelly | Role: Art Department
Name: Jordan Kerner | Role: Art Department
Name: William Legere | Role: Art Department
Name: Jack McCullough | Role: Art Department
Name: Mario Moreira | Role: Art Department
Name: Sean Scoffield | Role: Art Department
Name: Michael Shocrylas | Role: Art Department
Name: Richelle Wilks | Role: Art Department
Name: Matthew G. Wright | Role: Art Department
Name: Geri Bertolo | Role: Art Department
Name: Richard Duhaney | Role: Art Department

[Sound Department]
Name: Marina Adam | Role: Sound Department
Name: Benito Amaro | Role: Sound Department
Name: Steph Carrier | Role: Sound Department
Name: Michele Cook | Role: Sound Department
Name: Eliot Crackower | Role: Sound Department
Name: Erik Culp | Role: Sound Department
Name: Ronayne Higginson | Role: Sound Department
Name: Janice Ierulli | Role: Sound Department
Name: David McCallum | Role: Sound Department
Name: Christopher Miller | Role: Sound Department
Name: Brent Pickett | Role: Sound Department
Name: Donna Powell | Role: Sound Department
Name: Valentin Pricop | Role: Sound Department
Name: David Rose | Role: Sound Department
Name: Mark Shnuriwsky | Role: Sound Department
Name: Lou Solakofski | Role: Sound Department
Name: Alan Tang | Role: Sound Department
Name: Jane Tattersall | Role: Sound Department
Name: Robert Warchol | Role: Sound Department
Name: Randy Wilson | Role: Sound Department
Name: David Yonson | Role: Sound Department

[Special Effects]
Name: Reg Ashby | Role: Special Effects
Name: John LaForet | Role: Special Effects
Name: David Mugridge | Role: Special Effects

[Visual Effects]
Name: David Alexander | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Ioan Balcosi | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Mark Fordham | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Genevieve Forte | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Gudrun Heinze | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Mary Holding | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Elizabeth Holmes | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Ariel Joson | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Lisa-Marie Marrelli | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Ian Maxwell | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Mihaela Orzea | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Mike Pieczonka | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Jane Sobel | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Mark Stevens | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Allan Walker | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Aaron Webster | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Tony Willis | Role: Visual Effects

[Stunts]
Name: Jordan Anderson | Role: Stunts
Name: Randy Butcher | Role: Stunts
Name: Curtis Parker | Role: Stunts
Name: Bryan J. Thomas | Role: Stunts
Name: Blair Johannes | Role: Stunts

[Camera and Electrical Department]
Name: Nicole Blanchard | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Paul Cameron | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Gilles Corbeil | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Paul Dias | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Rob Dias | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Christian Drennan | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Shem Ellis | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Carl Flood | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Amanda Goble | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Lennox Green | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Chris Kelly | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Chris Livingstone | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Trevor Moores | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Nicholas Porter | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Christopher Raucamp | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Brent Robinson | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Tyler Sellers | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Amanda Wojtaszek | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Ken Woroner | Role: Camera and Electrical Department

[Casting Department]
Name: Dylaine Bovaird | Role: Casting Department
Name: Kay Denver | Role: Casting Department
Name: Christopher Richards | Role: Casting Department

[Costume and Wardrobe Department]
Name: Constance Buck | Role: Costume Department
Name: Jennifer Buck | Role: Costume Department
Name: Anna Dal Farra | Role: Costume Department
Name: Nicole Pearson | Role: Costume Department
Name: Sheila Radovancevic | Role: Costume Department

[Editorial Department]
Name: Stephen Young Chin | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Erin Deck | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Ricardo Olivero | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Catherine Rankin | Role: Editorial Department

[Location Management]
Name: James Stevens | Role: Location Management
Name: Michael Tough | Role: Location Management
Name: Rick Whalen | Role: Location Management

[Music Department]
Name: Daryl Branston | Role: Music Department
Name: Nicholas Dodd | Role: Music Department
Name: Simon Edwards | Role: Music Department
Name: Andrew Lockington | Role: Music Department
Name: David Nichol | Role: Music Department
Name: Annelise Noronha | Role: Music Department
Name: Dan Parr | Role: Music Department
Name: Dennis Patterson | Role: Music Department
Name: Michael Perlmutter | Role: Music Department
Name: Ron Searles | Role: Music Department
Name: Ron Skinner | Role: Music Department
Name: Lenny Solomon | Role: Music Department
Name: Ron Korb | Role: Music Department

[Production Department]
Name: Aaron Horton | Role: Production Department
Name: Susan James | Role: Production Department
Name: Jane Kim | Role: Production Department
Name: Catherine Sample | Role: Production Department

[Script and Continuity Department]
Name: Jill Carter | Role: Script and Continuity Department

[Transportation Department]
Name: Stephen Carr | Role: Transportation Department
Name: Tom Chapman | Role: Transportation Department
Name: Mike Curran | Role: Transportation Department
Name: Wayne Davey | Role: Transportation Department
Name: Tim Fagan | Role: Transportation Department
Name: Larry Greer | Role: Transportation Department
Name: Steve Keates | Role: Transportation Department
Name: Paul Langdon | Role: Transportation Department
Name: Ritchie Miazek | Role: Transportation Department
Name: George Palmer | Role: Transportation Department
Name: Ted Zurawel | Role: Transportation Department

[Additional Crew]
Name: Dean Armstrong | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Kelyan Blanc | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Shannon Brand | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Anthony Carovillano | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Emmanuel Denizot | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Jane Douglas | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Martine Irzenski | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Dennis Jacobson | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Tam Khuu | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Mark Kueper | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Janice Lee | Role: Additional Crew
Name: James R. Murray | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Robin Oliphant | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Chandra-Li Paul | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Déborah Perret | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Steena Petersen | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Irene Phelps | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Carrie Paupst Shaughnessy | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Vess Stoeva | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Beth Sulman | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Adrienne Trent | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Sue Valencia | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Donald Vermeer | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Andrea Eisen | Role: Additional Crew

[Thanks]
Name: Mark Daniels | Role: Thanks
Name: Louis DiFlorio | Role: Thanks
Name: Gord Downie | Role: Thanks
Name: Gord Kemp | Role: Thanks
Name: Larry Lawrence | Role: Thanks
Name: Martha Lawrence | Role: Thanks
Name: Gerry McGowan | Role: Thanks
Name: Mary McGowan | Role: Thanks
Name: Evan Solomon | Role: Thanks
Name: Don Souther | Role: Thanks
Name: Myrtle Souther | Role: Thanks
Name: Ryan St. Peters | Role: Thanks
Name: Justin Stephenson | Role: Thanks

Trailers

Saint Ralph | Type: Trailer | IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/video/vi1619329305/ | Playback: https://imdb-video.media-imdb.com/vi1619329305/1434659607842-pgv4ql-1564044863374.mp4?Expires=1788380298&Signature=b64w-bMyC2FjsPeVzCgopmFbS~LOMrpVzy1Se~mJrLbgprskDFrYmSWS3UEgiFd4eIpOSgmlk04bODLRbIU8M5Sl0wUvKMBbJpfcZNCrxPxlF4NYIk2O69uAr3d09jiNW7ywCjuaXjgLJBDntshJi1gQC-EfZ1ZSQ0nlVWmOCOWLZBeZCxsBtD9DrP8DITmQlnM0L31S7KTljAKBtUJQG34PWdlF7lmVEgdrDuXE~0Eg98Nfn1T7VEICnjrc2a06tDzLIyeqmInMjBsu3I8EdUqUJxIpYYxjuKhC1ItHO8iAK5YbbWMVTOuyaYuZHiO~iP09kGILWOyosLUw4z5Ljw__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAIFLZBVQZ24NQH3KA

Release Schedule

Canada: September 11, 2004 (Toronto International Film Festival, premiere)
Canada: September 26, 2004 (Cinefest Sudbury International Film Festival)
United States: February 12, 2005 (Portland International Film Festival)
France: March 19, 2005 (Festival du Film d'Aventures de Valenciennes)
France: April 3, 2005 (Paris Film Festival)
Canada: April 8, 2005
United States: May 21, 2005 (Seattle International Film Festival)
United States: August 2005 (Los Angeles, California)
United States: August 2005 (New York City, New York)
United States: August 5, 2005 (limited)
Switzerland: October 6, 2005 (German speaking region)
France: November 2, 2005
Germany: December 1, 2005
Austria: December 8, 2005
Japan: March 4, 2006
Sweden: May 17, 2006 (DVD premiere)
Hungary: November 2, 2006 (TV premiere)
South Korea: March 15, 2007
Mexico: May 25, 2007
Colombia: August 22, 2008
Argentina: September 25, 2008
Chile: November 2008

Awards

Box Office