A Slight Case of Murder
1938 · Movie · NR · 85 min · ★ 6.4 · 75% critics
After Prohibition ends, a former bootlegger tries to go respectable, only to face mounting debts, awkward family complications, and several unexplained bodies at a summer home. The setup turns into a fast, mischievous farce built on criminal chaos and social pretending.
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Details
- Years
- 1938
- Release date
- 1938-02-26
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 85 min
- Critic score
- 75/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 (46 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you like old-school crime comedies with a screwball streak, especially if Brother Orchid or Another Thin Man work for you; Not for you if you want big laughs or a modern pace.
Pros: playful gangster spoof; brisk, silly energy; amusing body-hiding chaos | Cons: crowded cast; uneven laughs; dated style
Themes
- bootlegger
- police
- prohibition era
- orphanage
- beer
- satire
- hooligan
- money
- organized crime
- gunshot wound
- orphan
- corpse
- +11 more
Cast & crew
Edward G. Robinson
as Remy Marko
Jane Bryan
as Mary Marko
Allen Jenkins
as Mike
Ruth Donnelly
as Nora Marko
Willard Parker
as Dick Whitewood
John Litel
as Post
Edward Brophy
as Lefty
Harold Huber
as Guiseppe
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Eric Stanley
as Ritter
Paul Harvey
as Mr. Whitewood
Directed by Lloyd Bacon