Title Shot (1979)
September 9, 1979Release Date
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Cast & Crew.

Tony Curtis
Frank Renzetti

Michael Wincott
Robber

Richard Gabourie
Blake / Story / Executive Producer

Susan Hogan
Sylvia

Allan Royal
Dunlop

Martin McNamara

Michael McNamara

Natsuko Ohama
Terry

Jack Duffy
Mr. Green

Robert Delbert
Rufus Taylor

Taborah Johnson
Connie Rose

Robert O'Ree
Iggy

Sean McCann
Lt. Grace

Les Rose
Director

Les Rose
Director

Henri Fiks
Director of Photography
Media.

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Title Shot is a Canadian crime drama film, directed by Les Rose and released in 1979. Rose's second collaboration with writer and actor Richard Gabourie following 1978's Three Card Monte, the film stars Gabourie as Blake, a police detective in Toronto who is investigating an attempt by crime boss Frank Renzetti (Tony Curtis) to rig the outcome of boxing matches.
The film premiered at the 1979 Festival of Festivals.
The film was more poorly received by critics than Three Card Monte. Jay Scott of The Globe and Mail wrote that "by the time the climax has rolled around, there have been a number of good performances (Susan Hogan, Jack Duffy, Taborah Johnson, Sean McCann) and many demonstrations of first-rate composition, rhythm and editing. But there have also been continuity and emphasis miscalculations β a strike at Curtis' bakery is introduced and then dropped, and the movie rushes by Curtis' fate (he's flamboyantly sleazy enough to care about) in favour of letting Gabourie twinkle his way into a big-star farewell. It took years for Jack Nicholson to reach the audience-patting excess of Goin' South; Gabourie has turned into the actor's version of a used car salesman after two movies." In his 2003 book A Century of Canadian Cinema, Gerald Pratley described the film as disappointing, boring and filled with unlikable characters.