The Backstreet Six (1978)

Original title

Comme les six doigts de la main

Directed by

André Melançon

Genre

action film, adventure film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 14m

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of five kids in a neighborhood puts a new arrival through a secret test to see if he can be their friend. At the same time, they chase after an old man they think is a spy.

playfulquirkychildlikelightheartedlow-stakeswhimsicalsuspiciousenergetic

What happens

The Backstreet Six (French: Comme les six doigts de la main, lit. "Like the Six Fingers of a Hand") is a Canadian children's comedy film, directed by André Melançon and released in 1978. The film centres on a group of five young children who are submitting a newcomer to their neighbourhood to an initiation test to determine whether he will be welcome to join their group of friends, while the group are simultaneously on the trail of an older man whom they believe to be a spy. The film's cast includes Éric Beauséjour, Philippe Bouchard, Caroline Laroche, Daniel Murray, José Neves, Nancy Normandin and Sylvain Provencher. The film won the Prix L.-E.-Ouimet-Molson from the Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma in 1978. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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