A Slight Case of Murder (1938)

Director:

Lloyd Bacon

Writers:

Earl Baldwin (screenplay) and
Joseph Schrank (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

5 March 1938 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime

Tagline:

High finance teaches a racketeer new tactics !

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Beer | Prohibition | State Trooper | Corpse | Orphan

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

Runtime:

85 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Canada:14A (video rating) | USA:Approved (certificate #3916) | USA:TV-G (TV rating)

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

The play opened on Broadway in New York City, New York, USA on 11 September 1935 and closed in October 1935 after 69 performances. The opening night cast included John Harrington as Remy Marco and Georgia Caine as Nora Marco. Future screen star 'José Ferrer (I)' played a Policeman.

Goofs:

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

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.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film (2008) (TV)

Soundtrack:

I'm Like a Fish out of Water

Cute 30's Flick

This clever spoof has bosses, mugs, dames, robbers, state troopers--and corpses galore. Everything needed for a neat crime take-off.

Edward G. Robinson has great fun heading a stable of fine character actors from the late 30's in this surprise black and white treat, directed by Lloyd Bacon.

Just be on guard for what's stashed under the upstairs bed--not to mention what's hiding in the closet!