Slightly Honorable

Slightly Honorable

85 mins | Comedy, Mystery | Dec. 22, 1939

A lawyer is framed for the murder of a young party girl and tries to clear his name.

Slightly Honorable

85 mins | Comedy, Mystery | Dec. 22, 1939

Slightly Honorable
A lawyer is framed for the murder of a young party girl and tries to clear his name.
IMDb rating 6.0
Producers Walter Wanger Productions
Original title Slightly Honorable
Directors Charles Kerr, Tay Garnett
Writers F.G. Presnell, John Hunter Lay, Robert Tallman, Ken Englund

Cast

Pat O’Brien

as John Webb

Edward Arnold

as Vincent Cushing

Broderick Crawford

as Russel Sampson

Ruth Terry

as Anne Seymour

Alan Dinehart

as District Attorney George Joyce

Claire Dodd

as Alma Brehmer

Phyllis Brooks

as Sarilla Cushing

Eve Arden

as Miss Ater

Douglass Dumbrille

as George Taylor

Bernard Nedell

as Pete Godena

Douglas Fowley

as Madder

Ernest Truex

as P. Hemingway Collins

Janet Beecher

as Mrs. Cushing

Evelyn Keyes

as Miss Vlissingen

John Sheehan

as Mike Daley

Addison Richards

as Inspector Melvyn Fromm

Cliff Clark

as Captain Graves

Jack Green

as Detective

Howard Hickman

as Senator Sam Scott

Willie Best

as Art, Elevator Operator

Robert Middlemass

as Sen. Berry

Paul McVey

as Policeman

John Deering

as Radio Announcer

Art Baker

as Radio Announcer

Dale Armstrong

as Radio Announcer

Eddy Chandler

as O'Leary

Dick Rush

as Detective Burke

Max Rose

as Fingerprint Expert

Jack Winn

as Surveyor

Muriel Barr

as Girl on Counch (Uncredited)

Jack Baxley

as Detective with Godeana (Uncredited)

Ed Brady

as Ed, District Attorney's Man (Uncredited)

Wheaton Chambers

as Guest (Uncredited)

Irene Coleman

as Curvy Brunette (Uncredited)

James Conaty

as Senator (Uncredited)

Frank Dae

as President of the Senate (Uncredited)

Pat Davis

as Newspaper Reporter (Uncredited)

Charles K. French

as Pallbearer (Uncredited)

Jack Gargan

as Senate Gallery Spectator (Uncredited)

Tay Garnett

as Reporter (Uncredited)

Al Hill Jr.

as Newsboy (Uncredited)

Al Hill

as Bartender (Uncredited)

Bud Jamison

as Humboldt (Uncredited)

Marjorie Kane

as Telephone Operator (Uncredited)

Richard Keene

as Fingerprint Man (Uncredited)

Donald Kerr

as Photographer (Uncredited)

Mike Lally

as Nightclub Bouncer (Uncredited)

George Magrill

as Reporter (Uncredited)

Bernard Matis

as Delivery Boy (Uncredited)

Jack Perry

as Nightclub Bouncer (Uncredited)

Gerald Pierce

as Delivery Boy (Uncredited)

Victor Potel

as Gasoline Station Proprietor (Uncredited)

Cyril Ring

as Nightclub Patron (Uncredited)

Irving Wickes

as Photographer (Uncredited)

Zack Williams

as Black Preacher (Uncredited)