The Backstreet Six

The Backstreet Six (French: Comme les six doigts de la main, lit. "Like the Six Fingers of a Hand") is a Canadian children's comedy film, directed by André Melançon and released in 1978.^[1] The film centres on a group of five young children who are submitting a newcomer to their neighbourhood to an initiation test to determine whether he will be welcome to join their group of friends, while the group are simultaneously on the trail of an older man whom they believe to be a spy.^[2]

The Backstreet Six
French	Comme les six doigts de la main
Directed by	André Melançon
Written by	André Melançon
Produced by	Marcia Couëlle Claude Godbout
Starring	Éric Beauséjour Philippe Bouchard Caroline Laroche Daniel Murray José Neves Nancy Normandin Sylvain Provencher
Cinematography	Guy Dufaux
Edited by	André Corriveau
Music by	Pierick Houdy
Production company	Les Productions Prisma
Distributed by	France Film
Release date	November 5, 1978 (1978-11-05)
Running time	74 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	French

The film's cast includes Éric Beauséjour, Philippe Bouchard, Caroline Laroche, Daniel Murray, José Neves, Nancy Normandin and Sylvain Provencher.

The film won the Prix L.-E.-Ouimet-Molson from the Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma in 1978.^[3]

References

1. Gerald Pratley, A Century of Canadian Cinema. Lynx Images, 2003. ISBN 1-894073-21-5. p. 126.
2. Charles-Henri Ramond, "Comme les six doigts de la main – Film d’André Melançon". Films du Québec, January 15, 2009.
3. "Prix L.E. Ouimet-Molson". Ciné-Bulles, Vol. 4, No. 5, February/March 1985. p. 17.

External links

• The Backstreet Six at IMDb