Stop, You're Killing Me

{{Infobox film

| name = Stop, You're Killing Me

| image = Stop Youre Killing Me-1953-poster.jpg

| caption = 1953 Theatrical Poster

| director = Roy Del Ruth

| writer = Damon Runyon (play)
Howard Lindsay (play)
James O'Hanlon

| starring = Broderick Crawford

| music = David Buttolph
Ray Heindorf
Howard Jackson

| cinematography = Ted D. McCord

| editing = Owen Marks

| studio = Warner Bros.

| distributor = Warner Bros.

| released = {{Film date|1952|12|10|New York City|1953|01|17|General release}}

| runtime = 86 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget =

| gross =

}}

Stop, You're Killing Me is a 1952 American black comedy film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Broderick Crawford, Claire Trevor and Virginia Gibson.[http://allmovie.com/work/stop-youre-killing-me-111802 Stop, You're Killing Me (1952) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast - AllMovie]

The film is set shortly after the Repeal of Prohibition in the United States (1933). A former rum-runner attempts to operate a legitimate brewery, but is soon bankrupt due to poor sales. He has to deal with several personal and professional problems at the same time, including his daughter's engagement to a police officer.

Plot

When the Eighteenth Amendment of the Constitution is repealed, former prohibition baron Remy Marko ventures into the legal production and marketing of beer. The poor quality of his product leads him to bankruptcy.

His daughter Mary intends to marry policeman Chance Whitelaw, heir to a wealthy family. Remy and his wife Nora organize a lavish reception at a fancy hotel in Saratoga, but the party is disrupted by the murder of four gangsters at the hands of a mobster who works for Remy's creditors. Remy must juggle 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

The script is based on the 1935 play A Slight Case of Murder by Damon Runyon and Howard Lindsay. Warner Bros. had previously adapted Runyon and Lindsay's play into a 1938 film under the play's title starring Edward G. Robinson and directed by Lloyd Bacon.

The film was in production from mid-June to late August 1952.