Slightly Honorable (1940) Crime comedy
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
- Slightly honorable 1940 movie. Pat O'Brien with "Highway Patrol" Broderick Crawford in this fun 1940's crime comedy movies. Edward Arnold is the corrupt politician who tries to put the frame on good guy Lawyer "O'Brien" accused of the dispatch of a young woman. Snappy dialogue abounds and scenery is chewed in this comedy crime drama movie. synopsis by - Broken Trout -
I love everything about this movie ! the great actors , the wiseacer smart talk, the hip music , and the hats ! oh yes , I love those hats !
This film is 82 years old in 2022 & people are complaining about audio. Smdh! How about being appreciative that it survived this long. 🎥📽🎬
AMEN! Movies like this one are vintage stuff, already old when I was a little kid (and I was born in the Truman administration). It's a blessing that some are still watchable. It's a precious public service that some are even being restored.
The audio isn’t even the bad! That’s what I’m confused about, like I can hear the movie pretty clearly!
Don't you mean SMH instead of SMDH.
(The worst I have read is SMDFH...that seems majorly bizarre).
Turn down the bass and treble. It's fine.
The cars the cars... beautiful
Pat O'brien beat up Broderick Crawford using only one arm, despite the fact that Crawford is both taller and heavier. Nicely done, Pat.
Poor Broderick. He was wanting to get out of the movie business and be a policeman.
That was a blast. Who wouldn’t have wished to get in a lights-out scrap with Phillis Brooks?!
Eve Arden...I knew that voice from afar.
Good fast paced mystery with great wisecracks. All in all, a pretty good watch. Feels a lot like a 30s screwball comedy but doesn’t overdo it. Thanks, good one. Glad I stuck this out! :)
It takes a minute but it drew me in also. Thanks for sticking it out :)
Broken Trout It wasn’t torturous, but yeah I did pause it twice to pick it up later. Lol It was fun when they got going, though. I saw you’re uploading some atomic monsters one. Cool!! Thank you, BT. :)
Great to see Eve Arden and the others.. :) great one liners too.
It is a hoot alright Howard.
The only thing that could make this any more fun would be if Eve Arden had more lines. Nobody was ever better at cracking wise.
i so love the watch joke, when he asked what time it is. he goes my watch wakes me up in the morning, cooks my eggs, then he said, would you tell me what time it is, and he goes, what do you want from a watch, everything? i found that entirely funny cause they got watches today, that do everything but tell time. too funny. you gots to watch my wrist watch. you gots to watch my wrist watch. . . tells time!!!!
EA x 2!! Edward Arnold & Eve Arden, two of my faves, in the same movie .... and what a fun one this one was. Thanks, BT!! And ... What a great final line!! "I'm a victim of your technique." hehe
I like this one. It’s making me laugh. Can’t see why it lost money when it originally opened.
Eve Arden as a lawyer's secretary turned out to be a dry run; much later she was Jimmy Stewart's secretary in Anatomy of a Murder, a much better role for her. She really shined in it; plenty of good wisecracks - and nobody could crack wise better than Arden.
Check her out as a lawyer s partner/fiance in 'She Couldn't Say No' if you like great comedy
A great mystery. Had me guessing right until the end.
LOL, great movie,lots of laughs and a solid mystery ... thanks for the upload
Very nice to hear from you Richard. I somehow had managed to go all this time without seeing this, so I had to share. Thanks for the comment.
Wow a gem of a film thank you Broken Trout
Your welcome ELLIOTT.
THANK YOU BROKEN TROUT I LIKE THIS MOVIE I ENJOYED WATCHING SO MANY OF MY FAVORITE ACTORS
I had a feeling you would like this one RSC. Your welcome!
RetiredSchoolCrook, WHY ARE YOU COPYING ME IN WRITTING IN ALL CAPS!
I looked this movie up - it lost $107K at the box office but I don't see why. It's fun from start to finish
Hard to believe Broderick Crawford was ever that slim!
Robert McAree
Agreed. Another drastic weight transformation that is Google worthy is Eugene Pallette, from his silent days.
Broderick Crawford a criminal, It was worth it just to see that. Fun movie. Thank You Broken Trout, much appreciated.
Broderick Crawford early movie career were all criminals!!!! He is a treat to watch in them!Larceny,Inc for starters🎬
Nice of you to give us all heads up before spoiling the whole show.
Wow! A hidden gem! Great dialogue handled by an able cast from a director who often surprises! Thanks for the upload!
Fabulous find! Thanks for sharing this treasure..😊😊
My pleasure Zoey.
'It was a dark and stormy night...' so far a pretty good flick
it was a dark and stormy night -- all the men were seated around the camp fire -- suddenly one of them said -- captain, tell us a story -- and so the captain began -- it was a dark and stormy night
@@harrietetter9321 LOL TY
Well, we know the answer now to the question that formed the very opening line in this one, about how much longer corrupt entities would be tolerated. Overly selfish, 'crooked' entities got tolerated forever.
hello. Snappy dialogue, you say? I'm in. And that's snappy "patter", if you don't mind. :D
Pretty good movie,little bit of everything! And of course my hero Mr. Best😄
Love the movie great cast
broderick "get the chopper!" crawford
I'M BROKEN SNAPPER AND I LIKE THIS MOVIE.
I use to date a lady known as Broken Snapper!
Thanks for this early classic !
"Puss" is adorable and they deserved each other.
Without going through all the 52 comments, did MovieLand forget the unique supporting brilliance of Steppin' Fetchit? Another actor worth Googling. In fact, the whole cast needs perusing, if you are a real movie aficionado.
Thanks for liking!
Willie Best . . Not Stepin' Fetchit
Still laughing at the ending 😄🤣😂
Good mystery indeed!
Fasten your seat belts folks, a very bumpy ride ahead. 😀
Ambulance chaser ( 40"30 ) I thought that was a recent ruse ,
WHAT a terrific movie! And SO MANY actors I'm familiar with from so many other movies! Mystery, comedy, romance... and the last act came as a complete shock. I only wish the sound was better, as I had a bit of trouble making out some of the dialogue.
I've been buying and watching a LOT of very old movies lately, and it really makes a huge difference in how some companies treat their old films, or how some outfits do restorations. Perfect example, I recently got a box of PHILO VANCE films. All 4 from Paramount look AWFUL, while the ones from MGM and Warner Bros. are crystal-clear. (The first 3 from Paramount, of course, were the BEST-written. Really makes me wish someone could track down decent prints and do extensive restorations on them.) I also got a silent the other week from 1916. Part of it apparently couldn't be cleaned up... but the two-thirds that was... was so crystal-clear, you'd almost swear it was filmed "YESTERDAY", instead of 116 years ago!
I always remember Pat O'Brien as Jennifer Marlowe's older boyfriend in a 4th-season episode of "WKRP", when he had a video will for when he passed away. On the tape, he said to one of his nephews: "I'd like to leave you LESS than nothing, but this fool lawyer of mine, he can't figure out how to do that!" 😆
One of the best Jennifer centered episodes next to the two way mirror in the photographers studio. Actually a close call as to which is my favorite. The ‘less than’ than line is great.
I want to thank you Mugs >< nice one
Enjoyable mystery with comedic overtones thanks for posting.
Wow, beautiful gowns
Who forgot to add Willie Best to the final credits? Hope he got paid extra because of that.
When Pat O'Brien entered the hotel after calling the cops with a fake voice to report a murder, the cops never asked him how he knew Alma was dead. The cops didn't tell him.
That was truly a great old movie 🍿🎥😂I laughed too. Never figured it was his friend that did the killings. Love that little 18 year old as his girl now fiancee👍💕
She was a great singer and dancer...as well
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That was good but don't read the comments first some doofus wrote a spoiler without a warning.
İf broderick crawford is in it I'ma guess it's going to be good.
Cute movie
I thought so too @Becky Jacobsen
How could Bud Jamison not get in the credits?? Shameful.
Any movie with Eve Arden in it, is ten times better than it would have been without her. Ruth Terry should have been a shoe saleslady. Or something that would have been off the screen.
Dan Matthews
Motion Pictures for Television in 1940?
They were forward thinking.
Sharp dressers
A peacock on the balcony of a penthouse?
When I lived in Sacramento people had pet peacocks and here in Martinez, Ca. there are some in the hills above Alhambra Boulevard.
Sound track is defective.
With such an awesome cast of actors and actresses the movie was a disaster both with me and at the box office. I love a good one-liner and there were certainly several in the movie but there is nothing funny about murder. The dialogue wandered from very good and crisp to very poor and downright offensive.
This comment is disrespectful to Clarence Buckland's departed soul 😇
Bad audio,,can’t do it
I’m still in @20 but don’t think much longer because of.
britney spears
when comedic?