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Whistling Smith is a canadien film of genre Documentary with Donald Brittain

Whistling Smith (1975)

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Length 27minutes
OriginCanada
Rating68% 3.412923.412923.412923.412923.41292

Whistling Smith is a 1975 Canadian short documentary film about Vancouver policeman Sergeant Bernie "Whistling" Smith, directed by Marrin Canell. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short at the 48th Academy Awards.

Whistling Smith was produced for the National Film Board’s Pacificanada series, which aired on CBC-TV in early 1975. The film's narration was written and read by Donald Brittain. Along with its Oscar nomination, the film won a Canadian Film Award for Sound Re-Recording.

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