HollywoodGolightly Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 A Slight Case of Murder is probably one of the best, most delightful gangster parodies ever, with a great, memorable performance by Edward G. Robinson as Remy Marco, a former bootlegger trying to go legit after the end of Prohibition. (It would probably help a lot if he knew a thing about quality brewing). The movie is based on a play co-written by Damon Runyon, and in my book, you can't go wrong with Runyon, see? Without going too much into the plot, let's just say that the movie is consistently entertaining from beginning to end, with great comic relief from Allen Jenkins, Edward Brophy, Harold Huber and even Margaret Hamilton (!). Great fun, and the DVD is packed with lots of good extras, including the featurette "Prohibition Opens the Floodgates". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markbeckuaf Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 Great flick and one of Eddie G's best gangster spoofs! Thanks for the review! It's truly hilarious and there is a scene with Eddie G and Edward Brophy that totally cracks me up every time! I wish they had teamed up more frequently (as in another fantastic and funny gangster spoof, LARCENY, INC) Fun stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrroberts Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 One of the things that really endears me to Edward G. was his willingness to spoof his image, a night of Eddie G gangster comedies would be great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markbeckuaf Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 > {quote:title=mrroberts wrote:}{quote} > One of the things that really endears me to Edward G. was his willingness to spoof his image, a night of Eddie G gangster comedies would be great. I agree, that would totally rock! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollywoodGolightly Posted February 18, 2010 Author Share Posted February 18, 2010 I would love to see that, as well! I don't think that Cagney, Raft or Muni (as much as I admire them) ever made self-parodies as skillfully as EGR did. I never cease to be amazed by his versatility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollywoodGolightly Posted April 7, 2010 Author Share Posted April 7, 2010 Just a quick heads-up for anyone who might want to catch it on TCM - it's on the schedule for Thursday night / Friday morning: *A Slight Case Of Murder* (1938) 1:15am ET A gangster finds the straight life ain't so simple. Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Jane Bryan, Allen Jenkins, Ruth Donnelly Dir: Lloyd Bacon BW-85 mins, TV-G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 Good Robinson gangster spoof, but IMHO, not as funny as LARCENY, INC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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