Last night I caught a great classic on TCM. The movie is titled "Slightly Honorable" and is from 1939. I started watching probably somewhere between the beginning and middle, so unfortunately, I didn't see the very beginning. Anyway, what really caught my attention was the actor Pat O'Brien. He was the main reason I really started watching. Honestly, at first I was sort of shocked to see him in this type of role. This time he is not acting as the perfectly upright wholesome type character I'm used to (from his role as Father Connolly in "Angels With Dirty Faces"), but as a sort of ladies man, shady-but not totally crooked (there is a distinction), "slightly honorable" politician named John Webb.
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The movie has a lot of comedy worked in, but is a murder mystery with John Webb trying to catch the killer while he is suspected of being the killer himself. Some of the scenes are pretty intense! And the ending WILL catch you off guard! - even if you, like me, are one of those people who is pretty good at navigating through all the twists and turns and has gotten pretty good at uncovering movie plots. You've got to check this one out!
