A Slight Case of Murder Movie Review 1999

Cable TV critic Terry Thorpe (Macy) is in a panic after accidentally killing one of his girlfriends. Instead of confessing, Terry tries to keep the truth from the cops (Arkin, Pickens Jr.) and his surviving gal pal (Huffman). Then along comes a suspicious PI (Cromwell) with a blackmail scheme. Goofy film noir that gets too complicated. Based on the novel "A Travesty" by Donald E. Westlake.

Distribution

Movies Unlimited, 3015 Darnell Rd., Philadelphia, PA 19154, Phone: (215)637-4444, Toll-free: 800-668-4344, Fax: (215)637-2350, Email: movies@moviesunlimited.com, URL: http://www.moviesunlimited.com

Available on VHS
Running time 94 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Contemporary Noir, Blackmail, Books to Film: Donald Westlake (aka Richard Stark), Genre Spoofs, Disorganized Crime

Screenplay

William H. Macy, Steven Schachter

Cast

William H. Macy, Adam Arkin, Felicity Huffman, James Cromwell, James Pickens

Director

Steven Schachter

Producer

Turner Network Television (TNT)