Film · 1935

A Shot in the Dark

Name: A Shot in the Dark
Director: Charles Lamont
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Released: 1935-01-31

69 min · Directed by Charles Lamont · NR

Mystery Thriller

6.04
ratings

The infallible detective meets the perfect crime!

An amateur sleuth solves three murders at his son's New England college.

Cast

Robert Warwick

Joseph Harris

Charles Starrett

Kenneth 'Ken' Harris

Marion Shilling

Jean Coates

Helen Jerome Eddy

Miss Lottie Case

Edward Van Sloan

Professor Bostwick

James Bush

Byron Coates / John Meseraux

Eddie Tamblyn

Bill Smart

Julian Madison

Charlie Penlon

Robert McKenzie

Sheriff Graves

Doris Lloyd

Lucille Coates

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Ralph Brooks

Sam Anderson

Robert McKenzie

Sheriff

John Davidson

Professor Brand

Herbert Bunston

College Professor

George Morrell

Deputy Ab Barber

Broderick O'Farrell

Dr. Howell

Jane Keckley

Bostwick's Housekeeper

Eric Mayne

Professor at Service (Uncredited)

Crew

Director: Charles Lamont
Producer: George R. Batcheller
Writer: Clifford Orr, Charles S. Belden
Editor: Roland D. Reed
Cinematography: M.A. Andersen
Art Direction: Edward C. Jewell

Details

Studios: Chesterfield Motion Pictures Corporation
Countries: United States of America
Languages: English
Certification: NR
Release: January 31, 1935

Themes

deceptionnoosedeceit

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