Rent A Slight Case of Murder (1938)
3.6 of 5 from 59 ratings
1h 21min
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- Synopsis:
Prohibition's ban on booze is over, and that means bootlegger Remy Marco must make some changes. Don't go calling his beer-peddling enterprise a racket. It's now a business. Employees are no longer lugs or palookas, they're associates. And don't refer to Marco as da boss. Use sir. He's gone legit, see? Edward G. Robinson plays Marco, spoofing his Little Caesar persona in a comedy spree based on Damon Runyon and Howard Lindsay's Broadway play. Lloyd Bacon, director of Robinson's gangster sendups Brother Orchid and Larceny, Inc., guides with screwball flair as corpses, creditors, the swellest of swells and more mayhem descend on Marco. Allen Jenkins, Edward Brophy and Harold Huber - with 340+ career credits between them - are among the lugs-cum-associates. - Actors:
- Edward G. Robinson, Jane Bryan, Allen Jenkins, Ruth Donnelly, Willard Parker, John Litel, Edward Brophy, Harold Huber, Eric Stanley, Paul Harvey, Bobby Jordan, Joe Downing, Margaret Hamilton, George E. Stone, Bert Hanlon
- Directors:
- Lloyd Bacon
- Producers:
- Samuel Bischoff
- Writers:
- Earl Baldwin, Joseph Schrank, Damon Runyon, Howard Lindsay, Mary C. McCall Jr.
- Studio:
- Warner
- Genres:
- Classics, Comedy
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Reviews (2) of A Slight Case of Murder
Very enjoyable and funny - A Slight Case of Murder review by RM
Super little film enjoyed it immensely despite the dated dialogue, gave me a couple of belly laughs towards then end. Edward G is always worth a watch, would recommend
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On the Hops - A Slight Case of Murder review by CH
This opens well, with a post-prohibition stance by bootlegger Edward G. Robinson to make an honest trade of his brewing plant only to find that there is no market for his gassy product. Gassy soon proves ro be the term for the film itsel. For all the lustre of its creators, the relentless pace does not have the substance of true farce, let alone dialogue anything other than shrill. Better to see Robinson guy himself in one of the two rôles he takes in the little-known but glorious The Whole Town's Talking (1935).
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