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The Taxi Driver

Louis Portugais

1954 11 min

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This short 1954 film from the Faces of Canada series follows Montreal taxi driver Gerry Lane as he takes various customers to their chosen destinations.

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This short 1954 film from the Faces of Canada series follows Montreal taxi driver Gerry Lane as he takes various customers to their chosen destinations.

See also

Work and Labour Relations

Transportation

Social Issues

All subjects

Credits

• director
  Louis Portugais
  
• script
  Louis Portugais
  
• executive producer
  Roger Blais
  
• photography
  Jean Roy
  
• sound
  Clarke Daprato
  
• editing
  Victor Jobin
  
• narrator
  Cameron Graham
  
• music
  Joan Edward
  

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