Sorry, this movie sucks

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

The last film that Randolph Scott did in modern dress was this film where he plays a homicide detective and he and Lynn Bari support the juvenile cast of Peggy Ann Garner, Connie Marshall, and Dean Stockwell. The three kids are the show and they work, sometimes at cross purposes to solve the homicide of neighbor Sheppard Strudwick's wife.The murderer has worked out a very clever sound alibi for the time of the victim's death. But it's soon broken up and it's Stockwell's pet turtle who trips up the culprit and I do mean literally.Lynn Bari is a mystery writer and a widow of a war correspondent who has settled down to domestic bliss such as it is with three lively kids. Said kids feel she needs some romance. And if you write mysteries what better than to have a policeman ready for a consultation.Some years ago I panned a rather well received screwball comedy from the 30s, The Mad Miss Manton. In that one Barbara Stanwyck plays a madcap heiress who interferes in police business. But here at least these are kids and not mature, but among other things they hide a suspect, tamper with evidence, withhold evidence. That strains the credulity of the audience somewhat.But as they are kids their actions are somewhat forgivable and Home Sweet Homicide is still a good film for family viewing.

A mystery writer's three kids help solve a neighborhood murder and help find their widowed mom a boyfriend.The kids are the whole show, and what a talented pre-teen cast they are. Garner & co. even make their sometimes adult dialog sound engaging instead of obnoxious. At times, the chemistry between the kids is little short of amazing, a credit, I expect, to director Bacon. Forget the whodunit thread, which is really just an excuse to stir the youthful pot. But I'm still a bit puzzled by the macho Randolph Scott appearing in a slice of juvenile hi-jinks like this. I guess I'm too used to seeing him with a six-gun and a cowboy hat.That same year the talented Garner would star in the charming coming-of-age comedy Junior Miss (1946), also worth catching up with. Stockwell, of course, is still with us, having managed that difficult transition to adult roles, some of which are a long way from his mischievously wholesome Archie. However, it looks like the equally talented Connie Marshall fell afoul of the transition barrier, having unfortunately died in relative obscurity.Nonetheless, this charming little comedy remains a sleeper among kid movies, and a permanent testimonial to an engagingly youthful cast.

Add me to the list of viewers who caught this one on Million Dollar Movie in the '50's. I really enjoyed it then, thought of it often and always wondered how to get hold of a copy and where to find one.After all these years I finally bought a DVD, put it on and clomped down memory lane. It was good to see it again but I didn't enjoy it as much - I think too many years passed, or maybe I just outgrew it. It is still a good family picture but there's not much of a mystery here. The picture needed some more suspects for mystery fans and there was a great deal of what seemed like excess footage - this film moves at ice-cutter speed and could have used a firmer editing hand. And I didn't realize the kids carried so much of the picture.The cast was excellent, no complaint there, but all in all I found the experience bittersweet. Sometimes I wish I was 15 again.

As with the rest of you Home Sweet Homicide has been on my wish list for years. I too first saw this minor classic on New York's great Million Dollar Movie. Well good news all! While researching this title I discovered a site through Amazon that sells a public domain-ish VHS tape of Home Sweet Homicide. The quality is a little murky sometimes but it is most certainly watchable. The company I purchased it from is: Life Is A Movie, 3639 Midway Drive, Suite B-326, San Diego, CA 92110-5254Toll Free Telephone: 888-403-0873Email: custserv@lifeisamovie.comThe total cost was $16.97Enjoy!