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Stone Cold Dead is a 1979 Canadian film directed by George Mendeluk and starring Richard Crenna and Paul Williams.[1]

Stone Cold Dead
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Directed by	George Mendeluk
Written by	George Mendeluk
Based on	The Sin Sniper by Hugh Garner
Produced by	George Mendeluk John Ryan
Starring	Richard Crenna Paul Williams
Cinematography	Dennis Miller
Edited by	Martin Pepler
Music by	Paul Zaza Guidonna Lee Alexis Radlin
Distributed by	Dimension Pictures
Release date	1979 (1979)
Running time	97 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English

Premise

A Toronto detective (Richard Crenna) searches for a serial killer who shoots prostitutes. The detective is also determined to arrest the pushy pimps, and a few undercover cops get killed as they try to infiltrate the hooker trade.

Cast

• Richard Crenna as Sgt. Boyd
• Paul Williams as Julius Kurtz
• Linda Sorenson
• Belinda Montgomery
• Chuck Shamata
• Alberta Watson
• Monique Mercure
• George Chuvalo

Production

Crenna said he was drawn to the film partly because his character survives the events of the plot, something that few of his characters had done recently.[2] Mendeluk used both actresses and real-life Toronto prostitutes during filming.[3] Shooting took place during November and December 1978 in Toronto,[4] and production ended in February 1979.[3] It was based on the novel The Sin Sniper by Hugh Garner.[5]

Reception

TV Guide rated it 1/5 stars and called it a "typical crime thriller".[6]

Crenna later said that he thought the content was not Canadian-specific enough.[7]

References

External links

• Stone Cold Dead at IMDb 
• Stone Cold Dead at the TCM Movie Database
• Stone Cold Dead at Rotten Tomatoes

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