Four Stiffs and a Trombone
| Four Stiffs and a Trombone | |
|---|---|
| French | L'assassin jouait du trombone |
| Directed by | Roger Cantin |
| Written by | Roger Cantin |
| Produced by | Franco Battista |
| Starring | Germain Houde Raymond Bouchard Marc Labrèche |
| Cinematography | Rodney Gibbons |
| Edited by | Yves Langlois |
| Music by | Milan Kymlicka |
Production company | Allegro Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | French |
Four Stiffs and a Trombone (French: L'assassin jouait du trombone) is a Canadian crime comedy film, directed by Roger Cantin and released in 1991.[1] The film stars Germain Houde as Augustin Marleau, a nighttime security guard at a film studio who entertains fantasies of being a film noir detective, and becomes involved in a murder investigation when a killer begins murdering employees of the studio.[2]
The cast also includes Marc Labrèche, Raymond Bouchard, Normand Lévesque, Gildor Roy, France Castel and Paule Baillargeon.
A sequel film, The Revenge of the Woman in Black (La vengeance de la femme en noir), was released in 1997.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Assassin jouait du trombone, L’ – Film de Roger Cantin". Films du Québec, December 26, 2008.
- ^ John Griffin, "Assassin plays deadly tune in tasty crime spoof". Montreal Gazette, September 22, 1991.
- ^ Ray Conlogue, "The silly season: Two established filmmakers have just released light confections untroubled by plot". The Globe and Mail, March 28, 1997.
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