A Shot in the Dark
An amateur criminologist and his college student son work together to solve the campus murder of the brother of the son's girlfriend, and thereafter two other students as well.
A Shot in the Dark is a 1935 American mystery film directed by Charles Lamont.
Plot
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.
Cast
Charles Starrett as Kenneth “Ken” Harris
Robert Warwick as Joseph Harris
Edward Van Sloan as Prof. Bostwick
Marion Shilling as Jean Coates
Helen Jerome Eddy as Miss Lottie Case
Doris Lloyd as Lucille Coates
James Bush as Byron Coates / John Meseraux
Julian Madison as Charlie Penlon
Eddie Tamblyn as Bill Smart
Ralph Brooks as Sam Anderson
Robert McKenzie as Sheriff
John Davidson as Prof. Brand
Herbert Bunston as College President
George Morrell as Deputy Ab Barber
Broderick O’Farrell as Dr. Howell
Jane Keckley as Bostwick’s Housekeeper
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