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The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case

The boys fear their days of fishing to feed themselves are numbered when Stan's wealthy uncle Ebenezer dies, leaving a sprawling estate. Yet they soon discover that Ebenezer was murdered and all the relatives, including Stan, are suspects.

Director(s)

James Parrott

Cast & Crew

Lon Poff

Lon Poff

Old Relative (uncredited)

Fred Kelsey

Fred Kelsey

Chief of Detectives (uncredited)

Dorothy Granger

Dorothy Granger

Young Relative (uncredited)

Tiny Sandford

Tiny Sandford

Policeman (uncredited)

James Parrott

James Parrott

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Dell Henderson

Dell Henderson

Housekeeper (uncredited)

Rosa Gore

Rosa Gore

Old Relative (uncredited)

Stanley Blystone

Stanley Blystone

Detective (uncredited)

Stan Laurel

Stan Laurel

Stan

Oliver Hardy

Oliver Hardy

Ollie

Frank Austin

Frank Austin

Butler (uncredited)

Bobby Burns

Bobby Burns

Nervous Relative at Window (uncredited)

Art Rowlands

Art Rowlands

Theater-goer Relative (uncredited)

Details

GenresComedy, Crime, Mystery
Runtime30 mins
Released on08 Aug 1930
Languageen
Produced InUnited States of America
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Reviews

CinemaSerf

7/10

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?

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