A Shot in the Dark (1935 film)
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| Directed by | Charles Lamont |
| Produced by | George R. Batcheller (producer) |
| Written by | Charles Belden (screenplay) |
| Based on | novel The Dartmouth Murders by Clifford Orr |
| Starring | See below |
| Music by | Abe Meyer |
| Cinematography | M.A. Anderson |
| Edited by | Roland D. Reed |
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| Distributed by | Chesterfield Pictures |
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69 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
A Shot in the Dark is a 1935 American mystery film directed by Charles Lamont.
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.
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."
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