A Slight Case of Murder (1938)Former bootlegger Remy Marco has a slight problem with forclosing bankers, a prospective son-in-law, and four hard-to-explain corpses. Director:Lloyd Bacon |
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A Slight Case of Murder (1938)Former bootlegger Remy Marco has a slight problem with forclosing bankers, a prospective son-in-law, and four hard-to-explain corpses. Director:Lloyd Bacon |
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| Edward G. Robinson | ... | ||
| Jane Bryan | ... | ||
| Allen Jenkins | ... |
Mike
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Ruth Donnelly | ... | |
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Willard Parker | ... |
Dick Whitewood
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Edward Brophy | ... |
Lefty
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Harold Huber | ... |
Guiseppe
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Eric Stanley | ... |
Ritter
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Paul Harvey | ... |
Mr. Whitewood
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Bobby Jordan | ... |
Douglas Fairbanks Rosenbloom
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Joe Downing | ... |
Innocence
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| Margaret Hamilton | ... |
Mrs. Cagle
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| George E. Stone | ... |
Kirk
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Bert Hanlon | ... |
Sad Sam
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Remy Marco, Prohibition beer baron, figures he'll do even better after repeal. Only trouble is, his beer tastes terrible. (He drinks no beer himself and nobody dares tell him). Four years later, when he's about bankrupt, he visits his summer home in Saratoga, complete with: 1) a dead-end-kid orphan; 2) his daughter's fiance...a state trooper!, 3) the bodies of four gangsters who planned to ambush Remy but had a shootout; 4) half a million in loot they hid in the house...just the amount Remy needs to get out of hock. The comic confusion mounts... Written by Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Edward G. Robinson has been typecast so often as "THE gangster", that it's quite unusual to see him in a COMEDY!
A gangster who owns a brewery decides to "go straight" and become "respectable" (along with his unwilling gang); and all sorts of funny things happen: his daughter wants to marry a state trooper (!), bodies show up in his house, etc.
As the other reviewer said, many people don't like this film, but *I* found it thoroughly enjoyable!
If you want to see Robinson in an even BETTER comedy, check out "The Whole Town Is Talking", where he plays a dual role: Public Enemy # 1, and a timid clerk who happens to be a dead ringer for him!
Norm