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A Slight Case of Murder
1938 | 85m | English
Popularity: 0.5 (history)
| Director: | Lloyd Bacon |
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| Writer: | Earl Baldwin, Joseph Schrank |
| Staring: |
| Former bootlegger Remy Marco has a slight problem with foreclosing bankers, a prospective son-in-law, and four hard-to-explain corpses. | |
| Release Date: | Feb 26, 1938 |
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| Director: | Lloyd Bacon |
| Writer: | Earl Baldwin, Joseph Schrank |
| Genres: | Comedy, Crime |
| Keywords | prohibition era, beer, bootlegger, police, orphanage, hooligan, satire, organized crime, money, gunshot wound, orphan, corpse, reward, state trooper, foreclosure, brewery, murder mystery, gangster comedy, wise guy, social climber, loan due, going straight, going legit |
| Production Companies | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 29, 2026 Entered: Apr 25, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Edward G. Robinson | Remy Marko |
| Jane Bryan | Mary Marko |
| Allen Jenkins | Mike |
| Ruth Donnelly | Nora Marko |
| 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 |
| Jean Benedict | Remy's Secretary |
| Harry Seymour | The Singer |
| Betty Compson | Loretta |
| Joe Caits | No-Nose Cohen |
| George Lloyd | Little Dutch |
| John Harmon | Blackhat Gallagher |
| Duke York | Champ |
| Pat Daly | Pete Ryan |
| Harry Tenbrook | The Stranger |
| Sam Ash | Cocktail Lounge Manager (uncredited) |
| Brooks Benedict | Partygoer (uncredited) |
| Wade Boteler | First Policeman (uncredited) |
| Frank Bruno | Gangster (uncredited) |
| Tommy Bupp | Freckle-Faced Kid (uncredited) |
| Raymond Butler | Orphan (uncredited) |
| Donald Chaffin | Orphan (uncredited) |
| Loia Cheaney | Nurse (uncredited) |
| Richard Clucas | Luther Perey (uncredited) |
| Harry Cody | Pessimistic Beer Patron (uncredited) |
| Ralph Dunn | Third Policeman (uncredited) |
| Charles Flickinger | Orphan (uncredited) |
| Jimmie Fox | Customer (uncredited) |
| Harrison Greene | Bartender (uncredited) |
| Ben Hendricks Jr. | Second Policeman (uncredited) |
| Al Herman | Jim (uncredited) |
| John Hiestand | Radio Commentator (uncredited) |
| Al Hill | Gangster (uncredited) |
| Elwyn Hoffman | Orphan (uncredited) |
| Stuart Holmes | Partygoer (uncredited) |
| Jerry Jerome | Ryan (uncredited) |
| Leonard Kibrick | Orphan (uncredited) |
| Carole Landis | Partygoer Leaning on Piano During Song (uncredited) |
| Frank Mayo | Partygoer (uncredited) |
| Tom McGuire | Partygoer (uncredited) |
| Pat McKee | Mug Playing Craps (uncredited) |
| Jack Mower | Beer Drinker (uncredited) |
| Sue Moore | Partygoer (uncredited) |
| Harry Myers | Partygoer (uncredited) |
| Louis Natheaux | Partygoer (uncredited) |
| Anne O'Neal | Orphanage Singing Teacher (uncredited) |
| Jane Ray | Partygoer (uncredited) |
| Bert Roach | Speakeasy Proprietor (uncredited) |
| Ronald R. Rondell | Partygoer (uncredited) |
| Jackie Salling | Orphan (uncredited) |
| Jeffrey Sayre | Hotel Manager (uncredited) |
| Harry Semels | Partygoer (uncredited) |
| Myrtle Stedman | Nurse (uncredited) |
| Doc Stone | Gangster (uncredited) |
| Elliott Sullivan | Beer Salesman (uncredited) |
| George Taylor | Gangster (uncredited) |
| Billy Wayne | Customer (uncredited) |
| Dick Wessel | Partygoer Popping Cork (uncredited) |
| Huey White | Gangster (uncredited) |
| Harry Wilson | Butch (uncredited) |
| Robert Winkler | Orphan (uncredited) |
| Jack Wise | Partygoer (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Lloyd Bacon | Director |
| Earl Baldwin | Screenplay |
| Joseph Schrank | Screenplay |
| Howard Shoup | Costume Design |
| Sidney Hickox | Director of Photography |
| James Gibbon | Editor |
| Max Parker | Art Direction |
| Stanley Jones | Sound |
| Leo F. Forbstein | Music Director |
| Heinz Roemheld | Original Music Composer |
| M.K. Jerome | Songs |
| Richard Maybery | Assistant Director |
| Mary C. McCall, Jr. | Additional Writing |
| Damon Runyon | Theatre Play |
| Howard Lindsay | Theatre Play |
| Jack Scholl | Lyricist |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Samuel Bischoff | Producer |
| Jack L. Warner | Executive Producer |
| Hal B. Wallis | Executive Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
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| 2025 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| 2025 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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