In the 1930s and 40s, Hollywood made a bazillion murder mystery films where non-professionals make themselves investigators and solve crimes better than the dopey police. Usually, these folks who solve crimes are reporters, but they could also be teachers, writers, or members of society among others. In the case of "Home, Sweet Homicide", they take this very common theme and stand it on its head.
Marian is a single-mother with three VERY precocious kids. She makes money writing mystery novels...and the kids see a recent murder as an opportunity for their mother to solve the crimes and thus increase sales of her books. Unfortunately, the police investigating AREN'T the usual stereotypically stupid cops...and one of them (Randolph Scott) is kind of cute...and single.
This is a cute film than manages to make a relatively dull genre and breathe a lot of life into it. The kids are cute and the story kept my interest.
Marian is a single-mother with three VERY precocious kids. She makes money writing mystery novels...and the kids see a recent murder as an opportunity for their mother to solve the crimes and thus increase sales of her books. Unfortunately, the police investigating AREN'T the usual stereotypically stupid cops...and one of them (Randolph Scott) is kind of cute...and single.
This is a cute film than manages to make a relatively dull genre and breathe a lot of life into it. The kids are cute and the story kept my interest.