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A Shot in the Dark (1935 film)

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1108: 29: 364:, which pictures a trilogy of murders on a rural college campus, telegraphs its punches in a way that may seem insignificant to Chesterfield Productions, Inc., but is as good as a confession to us amateur gumshoes...a decided absence of liveliness both in the writing and the playing"; whereas 243:
A college student (Charles Starrett) discovers his roommate's body hanging from a window and calls the police. What at first looks like suicide turns out to be murder. While a police investigation is ongoing, more students are killed.
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noted, "a very good mystery...It does have some problems, particularly in having a rather stiff and static presentation, but outside of that, this is one of the more pleasant discoveries I've made."
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Charles Lamont
Charles Belden
Clifford Orr
George R. Batcheller
Charles Starrett
Robert Warwick
Marion Shilling
M.A. Anderson
Roland D. Reed
Abe Meyer
Chesterfield Pictures
mystery film
Charles Lamont
Charles Starrett
Robert Warwick
Marion Shilling
Chesterfield Pictures
Charles Starrett
Robert Warwick
Edward Van Sloan
Marion Shilling
Helen Jerome Eddy
Doris Lloyd
James Bush
Julian Madison
Eddie Tamblyn
Ralph Brooks
Robert McKenzie
John Davidson

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