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The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case (1930)

08/08/1930 (US)Comedy, Crime, Mystery30m
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The boys think their days of fishing to feed themselves have come to an end, when Stan's rich uncle Ebenezer dies leaving a large estate. But they soon learn that Ebenezer was murdered and all the relatives, including Stan, are suspects.

    Top Billed Cast

    1. Stan Laurel

      Stan Laurel

      Stan

    2. Oliver Hardy

      Oliver Hardy

      Ollie

    3. Frank Austin

      Frank Austin

      Butler (uncredited)

    4. Stanley Blystone

      Stanley Blystone

      Detective (uncredited)

    5. Bobby Burns

      Bobby Burns

      Nervous Relative at Window (uncredited)

    6. Rosa Gore

      Rosa Gore

      Old Relative (uncredited)

    7. Dorothy Granger

      Dorothy Granger

      Young Relative (uncredited)

    8. Dell Henderson

      Dell Henderson

      Housekeeper (uncredited)

    9. Fred Kelsey

      Fred Kelsey

      Chief of Detectives (uncredited)

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    A review by CinemaSerf

    7.0
    Written by CinemaSerf on Jun 13, 2022

    So our pair are fishing by the river when Ollie reads in the newspaper of the death of the wealthy Ebenezer Laurel. Could Stan be a relative? Well they head off to the eerie mansion to see if they can claim some of the $3m estate... Once there, an huge storm adds to the suspense as we discover that, maybe, the deceased died in suspicious circumstances. It has much more of a story and less of the slapstick about it, this one - more characterisation, and characters - Frank Austin is good and spooky as the butler! Great audio too - did we ever really have thunderstorms like this?

    StatusReleased

    Original LanguageEnglish

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    Keywords

    • knife
    • black and white
    • short film