Four Stiffs and a Trombone

{{short description|1991 Canadian crime comedy film}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Four Stiffs and a Trombone

| native_name = {{infobox name module|fr|L'assassin jouait du trombone}}

| image =

| caption = Film poster

| director = Roger Cantin

| producer = Franco Battista

| writer = Roger Cantin

| starring = Germain Houde
Raymond Bouchard
Marc Labrèche

| music = Milan Kymlicka

| cinematography = Rodney Gibbons

| editing = Yves Langlois

| studio = Allegro Films

| distributor =

| released = {{film date|1991|09|20}}

| runtime = 96 minutes

| country = Canada

| language = French

| budget =

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Four Stiffs and a Trombone ({{langx|fr|L'assassin jouait du trombone}}) is a Canadian crime comedy film, directed by Roger Cantin and released in 1991.Charles-Henri Ramond, [https://www.filmsquebec.com/films/assassin-jouait-trombone-roger-cantin/ "Assassin jouait du trombone, L’ – Film de Roger Cantin"]. Films du Québec, December 26, 2008. 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.John Griffin, "Assassin plays deadly tune in tasty crime spoof". Montreal Gazette, September 22, 1991.

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.Ray Conlogue, "The silly season: Two established filmmakers have just released light confections untroubled by plot". The Globe and Mail, March 28, 1997.