Slightly Honorable
6.0
“WHAT A MURDER!...or even two or three? Here's drama in this ROAR!!”
A lawyer is framed for the murder of a young party girl and tries to clear his name.
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Cast
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Pat O'Brien
John Webb
Known for
Some Like It Hot
Angels with Dirty Faces
Edward Arnold
Vincent Cushing
Known for
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
You Can't Take It with You
Broderick Crawford
Russel Sampson
Known for
The Swindle
All the King's Men
Ruth Terry
Anne Seymour
Known for
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Alan Dinehart
District Attorney George Joyce
Also in
Supernatural
The Sin of Nora Moran
Claire Dodd
Alma Brehmer
Known for
Footlight Parade
Howard C. Hickman
Sen. Sam Scott
Phyllis Brooks
Sarilla Cushing
Known for
The Shanghai Gesture
Eve Arden
Miss Ater
Known for
Grease
Anatomy of a Murder
Douglass Dumbrille
George Taylor
Known for
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
The Ten Commandments
Bernard Nedell
Pete Godena
Known for
Monsieur Verdoux
Strange Cargo
Douglas Fowley
Madder
Known for
Singin' in the Rain
From Noon Till Three
Tay Garnett Director · Ken Englund Screenplay F.G. Presnell Author
Worldwide gross $386K · Budget $435K · United States release December 22, 1939
Box office
Budget
$434,874
Worldwide gross
$386,116
Gross vs. budget
0.9×
Production
Walter Wanger Productions
Production
United Artists Pictures
Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · December 22, 1939
Theatrical
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