''Slightly Honorable'' is a 1939 American film directed by

Tay Garnett William Taylor "Tay" Garnett (June 13, 1894 – October 3, 1977) was an American film director and writer. Biography Early life Born in Los Angeles, Garnett attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and served as a naval aviator in Wo ...

. The film was based on the 1939 novel ''Send Another Coffin'' by Frank Gilmore Presnell, Jr. (1906–1967).Frank Gilmore Presnell, Jr. (24 June 1906 (Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico) – 28 February 1967 (Los Angeles, California, USA)). * Obituary, ''Chillicothe Gazette'' (Chillicothe, Ohio, USA), March 1, 1967, p. 2. * California Death Index, 1940-1997

Cast

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as John Webb * Edward Arnold as Vincent Cushing * Broderick Crawford as Russ Sampson * Ruth Terry as Ann Seymour * Alan Dinehart as District Attorney Joyce *

Claire Dodd Claire Dodd (born Dorothy Arlene Dodd; December 29, 1911 – November 23, 1973) was an American film actress. Life and work Dorothy Arlene Dodd was born on December 29, 1911, in Baxter, Iowa, to Walter Willard Dodd, a farmer whose family ...

as Alma Brehmer *

Phyllis Brooks Phyllis Brooks (July 18, 1915 – August 1, 1995) was an American actress and model. She was born in Boise, Idaho. Some sources have also inaccurately cited 1914 as her year of birth, but 1915 is the correct year according to Social Security r ...

as Sarilla Cushing *

Eve Arden Eve Arden (born Eunice Mary Quedens, April 30, 1908 – November 12, 1990) was an American film, radio, stage and television actress. She performed in leading and supporting roles for nearly six decades. Beginning her film career in 1929 ...

as Miss Ater *

Douglass Dumbrille Douglass Rupert Dumbrille (October 13, 1889 – April 2, 1974) was a Canadian actor who appeared regularly in films from the early 1930s. Life and career Douglass Dumbrille ( ) was born in Hamilton, Ontario. As a young man, he was employed ...

as George Taylor *

Bernard Nedell Bernard Jay Nedell (October 14, 1898 – November 23, 1972) was an American film actor. He appeared in 50 films between 1916 and 1972. He was born in New York, New York and died in Hollywood, California. He was married to actress Olive Blak ...

as Pete Godena * Douglas Fowley as Madder *

Ernest Truex Ernest Truex (September 19, 1889 – June 26, 1973) was an American actor of stage, film, and television. Career Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Truex learned acting at an early age after his father, a doctor, treated actor Edwin Melvin, who ...

as P. Hemingway Collins *

Janet Beecher Janet Beecher (born Janet Meysenberg; October 21, 1884 – August 6, 1955) was an American stage and screen actress. Early years The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Von Meysenburg, Beecher was born in Jefferson City, Missouri. Her sister was ...

as Mrs. Cushing *

Evelyn Keyes Evelyn Louise Keyes (November 20, 1916 – July 4, 2008) was an American film actress. She is best known for her role as Suellen O'Hara in the 1939 film ''Gone with the Wind''. Early life Evelyn Keyes was born in Port Arthur, Texas, to Omar Do ...

as Miss Vlissingen * John Sheehan as Mike Daley * Addison Richards as Inspector Fromm * Cliff Clark as Captain Graves

Reception

The film recorded a loss of $107,709.

Home video

Because

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via Masterpiece Productions' successor-in-interest, Time-Life Films, never owned complete rights to this film, other companies such as Alpha Video have been able to release home video versions of ''Slightly Honorable'' for the past decades, with the quality of the prints used varying by distributor. On April 17, 2012, Mill Creek Entertainment released a digitally restored version of the film on DVD as part of their ''Dark Crimes: 50 Movie Set'' DVD box set.

References

External links

* * 1939 films American mystery films 1930s English-language films American black-and-white films Films based on American novels Films directed by Tay Garnett United Artists films Films produced by Walter Wanger 1939 mystery films Films scored by Werner Janssen 1930s American films {{mystery-film-stub