A Shot in the Dark

Jan 31, 1935

1h 9m

★ 5.3

The infallible detective meets the perfect crime!

Overview

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

Genres

Mystery

Thriller

Production Companies

Chesterfield Motion Pictures Corporation

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Cast

Joseph Harris

Robert Warwick

Kenneth 'Ken' Harris

Charles Starrett

Jean Coates

Marion Shilling

Miss Lottie Case

Helen Jerome Eddy

Professor Bostwick

Edward Van Sloan

Byron Coates / John Meseraux

James Bush

Bill Smart

Eddie Tamblyn

Charlie Penlon

Julian Madison

Sheriff Graves

Robert McKenzie

Lucille Coates

Doris Lloyd

Sam Anderson

Ralph Brooks

Sheriff

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