Slightly Honorable
“WHAT A MURDER!...or even two or three? Here's drama in this ROAR!!”
Tay GarnettWhere to watch in the United States: Stream: MGM+ Amazon Channel, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, MGM Plus, IndieFlix, IndieFlix Shorts Amazon Channel, Artiflix · Free: Fawesome, Cineverse, Tubi TV · Rent: Amazon Video · Buy: Amazon Video. Streaming data from JustWatch via TMDB; availability changes.
Cast
Pat O'Brien 
Edward Arnold 
Broderick Crawford Ruth Terry 
Alan Dinehart 
Claire Dodd
Credits
Written by: Ken Englund
Plot
A lawyer is framed for the murder of a young party girl and tries to clear his name.
Sinekatalog’s take
A lawyer framed for the murder of a party girl tries to clear his name in a wisecracking mystery. Tay Garnett keeps the pace brisk with comic touches. A reasonable time-passer for fans of old-fashioned whodunits.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.0 / 10 (599 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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