A Slight Case of Murder (1938)

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85 min - Comedy | Crime - 5 March 1938 (USA)

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Former bootlegger Remy Marco has a slight problem with forclosing bankers, a prospective son-in-law, and four hard-to-explain corpses.

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Edward G. Robinson	...	Remy Marco
	Jane Bryan	...	Mary Marco
	Allen Jenkins	...	Mike
	Ruth Donnelly	...	Nora Marco
	Willard Parker	...	Dick Whitewood
	John Litel	...	Post
	Edward Brophy	...	Lefty
	Harold Huber	...	Guiseppe
	Eric Stanley	...	Ritter
	Paul Harvey	...	Mr. Whitewood
	Bobby Jordan	...	Douglas Fairbanks Rosenbloom
	Joe Downing	...	Innocence
	Margaret Hamilton	...	Mrs. Cagle
	George E. Stone	...	Kirk
	Bert Hanlon	...	Sad Sam

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Storyline

Remy Marco announces he's going legit with the end of Prohibition. His fortune declines because the beer he makes tastes terrible. His daughter falls in love with a rich man's son who gets a job as a cop. Written by Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>

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High finance teaches a racketeer new tactics !

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Comedy | Crime

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 March 1938 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Bare et lite mord See more »

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Warner Bros. Pictures See more »

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Runtime:

85 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

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Trivia

Several actors in studio records/casting call lists did not appear or were not identifiable in this movie. These were (with their character names): William Worthington (Banker), Isabel La Mal (French Teacher), Al Bridge (Tony - Factory Worker) and John Harron (Freddie). See more »

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Continuity: When Remy drinks from the glass of beer from which Whitewood drank, there is inexplicably more beer in the glass. See more »

Quotes

Remy Marco: Come on in, honey, into the music room.
Nora Marco: Music room? Up to now this has always been the slot machine room.
Remy Marco: Well, that's all going to be changing now. We got to start putting on plenty of class. Oh, and by the way, have Mike take the spittoons out of the living room.
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Featured in Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film (2008) See more »

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"It Had to Be You"
(1924) (uncredited)
Music by Isham Jones
Lyrics by Gus Kahn
Sung by Edward G. Robinson and Harry Seymour with Seymour on piano See more »

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