A Shot in the Dark
1933 | 53m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | George Pearson |
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| Writer: | Terence Egan, George Pearson, Gerard Fairlie |
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| The relatives of a millionaire - the victim of a mysterious murder - get together at his house to search for his will, which he recorded on a record. However, one of them is actually the person who killed him, and will let nothing - or no one - stand in the way of finding that record. | |
| Release Date: | Nov 03, 1933 |
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| Director: | George Pearson |
| Writer: | Terence Egan, George Pearson, Gerard Fairlie |
| Genres: | Mystery |
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| Production Companies | Real Art Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: May 07, 2024 Entered: May 07, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Dorothy Boyd | Alaris Browne |
| O.B. Clarence | Rev. John Makehan |
| Jack Hawkins | Norman Paull |
| Michael Shepley | Vivien Waugh |
| Davy Burnaby | Col. Michael Browne |
| A. Bromley Davenport | Peter Browne |
| Russell Thorndike | Dr. Stuart |
| Henrietta Watson | Angela Browne |
| Margaret Yarde | Kate Browne |
| Hugh E. Wright | George Yarrow |
| Jack Vyvyan | Police Inspector (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Terence Egan | Writer |
| Lister Laurance | Editor |
| Carlisle Mounteney | Sound Recordist |
| Ernest Palmer | Director of Photography |
| George Pearson | Director, Writer |
| James A. Carter | Art Direction |
| Gerard Fairlie | Novel |
| Name | Title |
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| Julius Hagen | Producer |
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In the most preposterous of circumstances, a millionaire dies in his bed. Was it suicide or was it murder? As his friends and family gather afterwards, they discover that the deceased has left a recording of his last will and testament but before it can be heard, a golf ball comes through the window ... , the "Rev. Makehan" (O.B. Clarence) comes though the door and the record is gone! What ensues is actually quite an irritating whodunit that features a house full of potential beneficiaries/criminals - including a young, quite chiselled Jack Hawkins - as we try to deduce how the old chap was killed. It's got plenty of secret passages in which we could/should hide whilst the annoying parson goes about his detecting. The staging is overly theatrical and the ending is just plain daft.