A Slight Case of Murder

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American film crime comedy film film

A Slight Case of Murder is a 1938 crime-comedy film starring Edward G. Robinson as a reformed bootlegger whose attempts to go straight lead to a series of comic mishaps.

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A Slight Case of Murder canonical 1
A Slight Case of Murder (play adaptation) 1
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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
crime comedy film ⓘ
film ⓘ
basedOn A Slight Case of Murder self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: A Slight Case of Murder (play)
basedOnWorkBy Damon Runyon ⓘ
Howard Lindsay ⓘ
cinematography Arthur L. Todd NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Lloyd Bacon ⓘ
distributor First National Pictures ⓘ
Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ
editor Owen Marks ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
crime ⓘ
hasFormat black-and-white ⓘ
hasTheme family ⓘ
mistaken identity ⓘ
organized crime ⓘ
reformation ⓘ
hasWorkType feature film ⓘ
isInColor no ⓘ
locationOfFilming Burbank, California ⓘ
Warner Bros. Studios ⓘ
mainCharacter Remy Marco ⓘ
mainCharacterPortrayedBy Edward G. Robinson ⓘ
motionPictureRatingSystem Production Code era ⓘ
musicBy Adolph Deutsch ⓘ
narrativeLocation New York ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf Edward G. Robinson filmography ⓘ
plotSummary A reformed bootlegger tries to go straight after Prohibition ends, but his efforts lead to a series of comic mishaps involving gangsters, police, and his family. ⓘ
producer Samuel Bischoff ⓘ
productionCompany Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ
surface form: Warner Bros.
releaseDate 1938-03-05 ⓘ
releaseYear 1938 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 85 ⓘ
screenwriter Earl Baldwin ⓘ
Joseph Schrank ⓘ
setInPeriod post-Prohibition era ⓘ
starring Allen Jenkins ⓘ
Bobby Jordan ⓘ
Edward G. Robinson ⓘ
Harold Huber ⓘ
Jane Bryan ⓘ
John Litel ⓘ
Ruth Donnelly ⓘ
Willard Parker NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Lloyd Bacon → notableWork → A Slight Case of Murder ⓘ
A Slight Case of Murder → basedOn → A Slight Case of Murder self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: A Slight Case of Murder (play)
Howard Lindsay → notableWork → A Slight Case of Murder ⓘ
this entity surface form: A Slight Case of Murder (play adaptation)