Four Stiffs and a Trombone (1991)
- Original title
- L'assassin jouait du trombone
- Directed by
- Roger Cantin
- Genre
- comedy, mystery, crime, science fiction
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 5 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A night security guard at a film studio imagines himself as a film noir detective. When a killer starts murdering studio employees, he becomes involved in the real investigation.
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What happens
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. 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. The cast also includes Marc Labrèche, Raymond Bouchard, Normand Lévesque, Gildor Roy, France Castel, Jean-Pierre Bergeron and Paule Baillargeon. A sequel film, The Revenge of the Woman in Black (La vengeance de la femme en noir), was released in 1997. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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