A Cool Sound from Hell is a 1959 Canadian crime drama film written, produced and directed by Sidney J. Furie and starring Anthony Ray.Take One's Essential Guide to Canadian Film, ed. Wyndham Wise, University of Toronto Press, 2001, p. 83
Plot summary A young man becomes disillusioned with the beatnik crowd he hangs with when they become involved with drugs.
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Production The film was shot entirely in Toronto. This film was the first job of the director Don Owen; Furie hired him as his assistant director.
The soundtrack was provided by jazz great Phil Nimmons.
Release For various reasons, A Cool Sound from Hell was released theatrically only in England, and never screened in North America."Historicist: Sidney Furie and A Dangerous Age". Torontoist, April 4, 2015. Furie sold the UK rights for £60,000 and the film made a profit.Kremer, Daniel. Sidney J. Furie: Life and Films. The University Press of Kentucky, 2015. pp30-31 The film was later thought to have been lost, but was eventually located in the British Film Institute archives"Cool Sounds from the Vault: A Cinematic Detective Story". Filmmaker, June 23, 2014. and finally had its North American premiere at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival."Critic's Notebook: Toronto, Telluride and Venice Film Fests Promise Riches After Cruel Summer". The Hollywood Reporter, August 29, 2016.
Shortly after making this film, Furie left for England where his career took off in 1961 with The Young Ones, starring Cliff Richard.
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