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Stop, You're Killing Me
1953 Theatrical Poster
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	Warner Bros.
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release dates	December 10, 1952 (1952-12-10) (New York City) January 17, 1953 (1953-01-17) (General release)
Running time	86 min.
Country	United States
Language	English

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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.

Synopsis

When the Eighteenth Amendment of the Constitution is repealed, a former prohibition baron, Remy Marko (Broderick Crawford), decides to get honest and ventures into the legal production and marketing of beer. The poor quality of his production leads him to bankruptcy, and he finds himself in conflict with these creditors. To make matters worse, his daughter, Marko Mary (Virginia Gibson), intends to marry policeman Chance Whitelaw (Bill Hayes), heir to a wealthy family. To look good, Remy Marko and his wife Nora (Claire Trevor) organize a reception in a rich hotel in Saratoga. But the party is disrupted by the death of four gangsters, murdered by Innocent (Harry Morgan), a mobster working for the creditors who are in pursuit of Remy. The latter must juggle between his family, his daughter's future marriage, his bankrupt business and the police investigation in order to save his new image.

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

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