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 | |
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Eric Stanley | ... | Ritter |
| Paul Harvey | ... | Mr. Whitewood | |
| Bobby Jordan | ... | Douglas Fairbanks Rosenbloom | |
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Joe Downing | ... | Innocence |
| Margaret Hamilton | ... | Mrs. Cagle | |
| 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>
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
5 March 1938 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Bare et lite mord See more »Filming Locations:
Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USACompany Credits
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Remy Marco: Yeah, you know, that Little Dutch never had no consideration for other people's feelings.
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(uncredited)
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Played during End-of-Prohibition celebration
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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 »Goofs
The name of Robinson's character is spelled "Marko" throughout the movie on signs, on his beer, on his Saratoga mailbox, on his office door, and by the character himself, but the name is spelled "Marco" in the closing credits. See more »Quotes
Lefty: [Helping carry out four dead bodies] That's just the kind of a dirty trick those guys would pull, leaving themselves in that kind of shape around your house.Remy Marco: Yeah, you know, that Little Dutch never had no consideration for other people's feelings.
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How Dry I Am(uncredited)
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Played during End-of-Prohibition celebration
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Edward G. Robinson is excellent in this hilarious, sometimes surreal gangster spoof from Warners, directed by Lloyd Bacon. Robinson is an ex-bootlegger who goes legit after the repeal of the Prohibition. His daughter is in love with a state trooper and his former business associates turn up as corpses in his upstairs apartment. One of the joys of "Slight Case of Murder" is that it is so harmless and never takes itself too seriously. You get the impression that everyone in it seems to be having a great time. It is a fun picture, I'd love to watch it again.