Home Sweet Homicide is an American mystery film directed by Lloyd Bacon and released in 1946. It stars Peggy Ann Garner, Randolph Scott and Lynn Bari, and was based on the eponymous mystery novel by Craig Rice.

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Home Sweet Homicide
Movie poster
Directed by	Lloyd Bacon
Written by	F. Hugh Herbert
Based on	Home Sweet Homicide by Craig Rice
Produced by	Louis D. Dighton
Starring	Peggy Ann Garner Randolph Scott Lynn Bari Dean Stockwell
Cinematography	John Seitz
Edited by	Louis Loeffler
Music by	David Buttolph
Distributed by	Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Release date	October 2, 1946 (1946-10-02)
Running time	90 min.
Country	United States
Language	English

The film features the line "The Gat had gittens," referring to a handgun or machine pistol having been fired, as well as other slang terms for guns, such as "heater", "rod," and "piece."

Though he would make 39 more films, Home Sweet Homicide is the second-to-last non-western film of Randolph Scott's career.[1]

Plot

When gunshots are heard next door, the three children of widowed mystery novelist Marian Carstairs try to help the police help their mother solve the case or solve it themselves.

Polly Walker, an actress, runs from the neighbors' house, telling police lieutenant Bill Smith that she had gone there to see Flora Sanford and found her dead. Flora was an agent who represented Polly as well as Marian, whose books feature a detective character with the same name as Bill's.

Various suspects are considered, including other neighbors and Flora's hiding husband, who had fallen in love with Polly and wanted a divorce. The children begin sending anonymous letters, believing they are helping the investigation, until Bill finally persuades them to let him handle the case. He solves it, then expresses a romantic interest in Marian, pleasing the kids.

Cast

• Randolph Scott as Lt. Smith
• Peggy Ann Garner as Dinah
• Lynn Bari as Marian
• Dean Stockwell as Archie
• Connie Marshall as April
• Stanley Logan as Cherrington
• Anabel Shaw as Polly
• Barbara Whiting as Jo-Ella Holbrook
• James Gleason as Sgt. O'Hare

References

External links

• Home Sweet Homicide at IMDb
• Home Sweet Homicide at AllMovie

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