Stop, You're Killing Me
- There was also a Two Ronnies mini-series of this name.
Stop, You're Killing Me | |
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Directed by | Roy Del Ruth |
Written by | Damon Runyon (play) Howard Lindsay (play) James O'Hanlon |
Starring | Broderick Crawford |
Cinematography | Ted D. McCord |
Edited by | Owen Marks |
Music by | David Buttolph Ray Heindorf Howard Jackson |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 86 min. |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Stop, You're Killing Me is a 1952 black comedy film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Broderick Crawford and Claire Trevor.[1]
Premise[]
The surprise appearance of four corpses interferes with a beer baron's plans to crash high society.
Cast[]
- Broderick Crawford as Remy Marko
- Claire Trevor as Nora Marko
- Virginia Gibson as Mary Marko
- Bill Hayes as Chancellor 'Chance' Whitelaw
- Margaret Dumont as Mrs. Harriet Whitelaw
Production notes[]
Production Dates: mid-June to late August, 1952
Based on the 1935 play by Damon Runyon and Howard Lindsay. Warner Bros. previously had adapted Runyon and Lindsay's play into a 1938 film under the play's title, starring Edward G. Robinson and directed by Lloyd Bacon.
References[]
External links[]
Stop, You're Killing Me at IMDb
Categories:
- 1952 films
- English-language films
- 1950s crime comedy films
- American films
- American comedy films
- American crime comedy films
- Films directed by Roy Del Ruth
- Films scored by David Buttolph
- Films scored by Ray Heindorf
- Remakes of American films
- American films based on plays
- 1952 comedy films
- 1950s comedy film stubs