A Shot in the Dark (1935 film)
4.8 /10 1 Votes
4/10 Letterboxd Genre Mystery, Thriller Duration Language English | 5.6/10 IMDb Director Charles Lamont Distributor Universal Studios Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date February 1, 1935 (1935-02-01) Based on novel The Dartmouth Murders by Clifford Orr Writer Charles Belden (adaptation), Clifford Orr (novel) Genres Mystery, Drama, Thriller, Crime Fiction Cast Charles Starrett (Kenneth 'Ken' Harris), Robert Warwick (Joseph Harris), Edward Van Sloan (Prof. Bostwick), Marion Shilling (Jean Coates), Helen Jerome Eddy (Miss Lottie Case), Doris Lloyd (Lucille Coates)Similar movies Related Charles Lamont movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A Shot in the Dark is a 1935 American mystery film directed by Charles Lamont.
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Plot
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.
Cast
Critical reception
The New York Times wrote, "A Shot in the Dark, 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 Fantastic Movie Musings and Ramblings 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."
References
A Shot in the Dark (1935 film) WikipediaA Shot in the Dark (1935 film) IMDbA Shot in the Dark (1935 film) LetterboxdA Shot in the Dark (1935 film) themoviedb.org