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A Shot in the Dark is a american film of genre Thriller directed by Charles Lamont released in USA on 31 january 1935 with Charles Starrett

A Shot in the Dark (1935)

A Shot in the Dark
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Released in USA 31 january 1935
Length 1h9
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Thriller,    Crime
Rating53% 2.669512.669512.669512.669512.66951

A Shot in the Dark is a 1935 American mystery film directed by Charles Lamont.

Synopsis

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.

Actors

Charles Starrett

(Kenneth 'Ken' Harris)Robert Warwick

(Joseph Harris)Edward Van Sloan

(Professor Bostwick)Marion Shilling

(Jean Coates)Helen Jerome Eddy

(Miss Lottie Case)
And :
Doris Lloyd
James Bush
Eddie Tamblyn
Eva McKenzie
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