''Stone Cold Dead'' is a 1979 Canadian film directed by George Mendeluk and starring Richard Crenna and

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Premise

A Toronto detective ( Richard Crenna) searches for a serial killer who shoots

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s. The detective is also determined to arrest the pushy

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s, and a few undercover cops get killed as they try to infiltrate the hooker trade.

Cast

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. Mendeluk used both actresses and real-life Toronto prostitutes during filming. Shooting took place during November and December 1978 in Toronto, and production ended in February 1979. It was based on the novel ''The Sin Sniper'' by

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Reception

'' TV Guide'' rated it 1/5 stars and called it a "typical crime thriller". Crenna later said that he thought the content was not Canadian-specific enough.

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* * * 1979 films Canadian crime drama films Dimension Pictures films English-language Canadian films Films scored by Paul Zaza 1979 directorial debut films 1970s English-language films Films directed by George Mendeluk 1970s Canadian films {{1970s-Canada-film-stub