Sad sam Bert Hanlon In'^A Slight Case of Mu: mutive, tight-lipped tough as ever—but and what is more. taking hi and family with hin into the upper ranks of society. But, unately for the ex-beer baron, the tries to sell legiti and no one will te! is about to suffer financial crash, so; him, Just as he the cone Íour beautiful corpses in cne of bedrooms. One might think that this Was the camel to break the straw's back, and so does Mr. Robinson (fncidentally, little scene with the boys in which they concoct a wonderful little game of leaving the bodies on the door-steps of their pet 1 "hates" is one of the funniest seen in a long time). But, as things actually durn out. the corpses and a stole bank roll combine to keep Mr. Robinson in the presumably straight and narrow path, and help to provide an extremely snappy and funny climax. Mr. Robinson needs no introduction to local audiences, He still "dishes it out" to people "who can't take it," but this time he doesn't send thrills down the spine but a shattering array of chuckles. Many will him in his present role. A glance at the cast above will show that opposite' the names of the minor characters are the names of seasoned performers, while the title itself should be sufficient to act as a definition for the type of comedy this film is. "A Slight Case of Murder" is not a super-colossal production nor does it pretend to be any such thing; but people will be chuckling over mai Of its scenes long after the celluloid film of the "epics" has been changed into patent leather dancing shoes.—
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