''Slightly Honorable'' is a 1939 American film directed by Tay Garnett. 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

* Pat O'Brien as John Webb * Edward Arnold as Vincent Cushing *

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as Russ Sampson *

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as Ann Seymour *

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as District Attorney 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 *

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as Madder * Ernest Truex as P. Hemingway Collins * Janet Beecher as Mrs. Cushing * Evelyn Keyes as Miss Vlissingen * John Sheehan as Mike Daley *

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as Inspector Fromm *

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as Captain Graves

Reception

The film recorded a loss of $107,709.

Home video

Because Home Box Office (HBO) via Masterpiece Productions' successor-in-interest, Time-Life Films, never owned complete rights to this film, other companies such as

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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