Calgary police have taken the unusual step of publicly declaring a famous Canadian actor is not a murder suspect.

According to police, some old and heavily damaged film footage was found recently in a local landfill by a worker, and it appeared to show the aftermath of a murder.

"They held it up to the light, and were able to see the images," says CPS representative Kevin Brookwell. "What they saw was concerning enough for them to call police."

Detectives cleaned up and restored the film, and instead of identifying a suspect, they identified Canadian actor Dan Aykroyd as the man standing over a bloodied body.

Investigators got in touch with the actor's representatives, and they were able to determine the footage was from a 1990 film called "Loose Cannons" starring Aykroyd and Gene Hackman.

The police investigation into the matter has been closed.

"We've had non-stop requests from a lot of TV stations and news stations,particularly the star-related ones like TMZ and Inside Edition," says Brookwell. "It's an interesting story, you know Dan Aykroyd linked to a homicide investigation."

"We've been able to speak with them and shared the filmstrip with them."

So far, Aykroyd has not returned CTV Calgary's request for comment, but he did tell U.S. celebrity news website TMZ, "The movie should have been left in the landfill where it belongs."

With files from Erin Lawrence