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Title A slight case of murder / Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. presents ; a First National picture ; directed by Lloyd Bacon ; screen play by Earl Baldwin and Joseph Schrank.

Publication Info. Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2006]

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Bloomfield at the Atrium  DVD SLIGHT CASE OF MURDER    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Adult Department  DVD SLIGHT CASE OF MURDER    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Audio-Visual Materials  DVD SLIGHT CASE OF MURDER    Check Shelf
Edition Standard version.
Description 1 videodisc (approximately 85 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono., dual layer.
Cast Edward G. Robinson, Jane Bryan, Allen Jenkins, Ruth Donnelly, Willard Parker.
Credits Director of photography, Sid Hickox ; editor, James Gibbon ; music and lyrics by M.K. Jerome and Jack Scholl ; musical director, Leo F. Forbstein.
Note Based on the stage play by Damon Runyon and Howard Lindsay.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1938.
Audience Not rated.
Summary Prohibition's ban on booze is over and bootlegger Remy Marco must make some changes and go legit. He finds that his ties to his former colleagues are holding him back. Furthermore, his daughter has fallen in love with a cop, and he can't get over his distrust of the police.
Note Special features: "Warner night at the movies 1938" short subjects gallery: vintage newsreel, OscarĀ®-nominated drama short "Declaration of independence," cartoon "The night watchman," trailers of "A slight case of murder" and "The dawn patrol"; featurette "Prohibition opens the floodgates"; commentary soundtrack by Robert Sklar.
Language English dialogue, English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Note GMD: videorecording.
Subject Businessmen -- United States -- Drama.
Alcoholic beverage industry -- United States -- Drama.
Racketeering -- United States -- Drama.
Murder -- Drama.
Families -- United States -- Drama.
Prohibition -- United States -- Drama.
Alcohol -- Drama.
Genre/Form Feature films.
Screwball comedy films.
Parody films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Screwball comedy -- Feature.
Parody -- Feature.
Feature films.
Comedy films.
Farces.
Added Author Bacon, Lloyd, 1890-1955.
Baldwin, Earl, 1901-1970.
Schrank, Joseph.
Robinson, Edward G., 1893-1973.
Bryan, Jane, 1918-2009.
Jenkins, Allen, 1900-1974.
Donnelly, Ruth, 1896-1982.
Parker, Willard, 1912-1996.
Runyon, Damon, 1880-1946 Slight case of murder.
Lindsay, Howard, 1889-1968 Slight case of murder.
Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967)
First National Pictures, Inc.
Warner Home Video (Firm)
ISBN 1419825917
Standard No. 012569679511
Music No. 67951 Warner Home Video
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