Slightly Honorable
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Attorney John Webb, is fighting the crooked political-ring headed by newspaper publisher Vincent Cushing and his crony George Joyce, the district attorney. When Alma Brehmer, Cushing's mistress and Webb's former sweetheart, is murdered, Cushing and Joyce try to railroad Webb as the killer.... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in Slightly Honorable:

Pat O'Brien
Edward Arnold
Broderick Crawford
Ruth Terry
Alan Dinehart
Claire Dodd

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Attorney John Webb, is fighting the crooked political-ring headed by newspaper publisher Vincent Cushing and his crony George Joyce, the district attorney. When Alma Brehmer, Cushing's mistress and Webb's former sweetheart, is murdered, Cushing and Joyce try to railroad Webb as the killer.

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Ozus' World Movie Reviews - 9/10 by Dennis SchwartzA zany mystery/comedy featuring Pat O'Brien and Broderick Crawford ...
User Review - 10/10 by Greg WThis is one of those classic black & white murder mysteries that is such fun to watch. Pat O'Brien and Broderick Crawford are in top form and Eve Arden steals every scene she is in. The DVD version runs 1 hr. 15 min and the VHS version runs 10 minutes longer (1 hr. 25 min.) Grab some popcorn,a cold drink,and turn the lights down low for a great movie! I highly recommend this delightful look at murder,mayhem,and how justice is served!
User Review - 8/10 by Jack  Its got mystery, a twist ending, quick witted banter and it was amazingly funny. Pat O'Brien and Ruth Terry worked great together and Sleep N Eat makes one of his MANY cameos.
User Review - 6/10 by Steve MWebb and Sampson (O'Brien and Crawford), a pair of rougish attorneys, set their sights on improving the bidding process in state-funded road construction... for the good of democracy, the people, and the $100,000 fee they will collect if their efforts are successful. However, a corrupt political boss (Arnold) doesn't want to see his power weakened, and the pair are soon subjected to threats. The ante is upped big time when Webb is framed for two different murders. "Slightly Honorable" is a comedy/mystery that features a snappy script that manages to keep just the right balance of humor and drama as it unfolds with a lightning pace. It runs by so fast that the viewer almost doesn't have time to realize that the mystery part of the movie is rather poorly done, even if viewed as a spoof. However, the comedy side of things is so good that this hardly even matters anyway. Highlights of the film is the snappy dialogue that sees the stars O'Brien, Crawford, and Terry talking a mile a minute and delivering joke after joke, and the performance by Terry as "Puss", a bubbleheaded young nightclub dancer who developes a crush on Webb and lets us see that in some respects, he is more than just [i]slighly[/i] honorable. "Slightly Honorable" is another one of those movies that doesn't deserve the obscurity that history has relegated it to. Although the film sort of falls apart at the end--not only do the filmmakers do a rather hamfisted job of letting the audience in on who's framing Webb, but the motivations of some of the characters that come to light are groan-inducing--it is mostly a fun, well-executed tale. It reminded me of many of Will Eisner's "The Spirit" tales, both in pacing and execution. Webb, Sampson, the young dancer, and the corrupt officials all are just like some of Eisner's characters (For those of you familiar with "The Spirit" know that I am paying this movie a high compliment with that comparison.) (Speaking of obscurity, Ruth Terry is a gorgeous, energetic actress whose movie career never quite seemed to take off, and by the early 1960s, she had retired. I wonder what happened; she was both cute and funny, and she seemed to have a lot more talent than actresses that kept getting starring roles.) Slightly Honorable Starring: Pat O'Brien, Broderick Crawford, Ruth Terry, Edward Arnold, Claire Dodd, and Eve Arden Director: Tay Garnett

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