A Shot in the Dark
Directed byCharles Lamont
Written byCharles Belden
Based onThe Dartmouth Murders by Clifford Orr
Produced byGeorge R. Batcheller
StarringCharles Starrett
Robert Warwick
Marion Shilling
CinematographyM.A. Anderson
Edited byRoland D. Reed
Music byAbe Meyer
Production
company
Distributed byChesterfield Pictures
Release date
  • February 1, 1935 (1935-02-01)
Running time
69 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

A Shot in the Dark is a 1935 American mystery film directed by Charles Lamont and starring Charles Starrett, Robert Warwick and Marion Shilling.[1] Produced by Chesterfield Pictures, it is an adaptation of the novel The Dartmouth Murders by Clifford Orr.

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

Critical reception

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";[2] 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."[3]

References

  1. ^ "A Shot in the Dark (1935) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast - AllMovie". AllMovie.
  2. ^ "Movie Review - A Shot in the Dark - THE SCREEN - NYTimes.com". The New York Times.
  3. ^ Fantastic Movie Musings & Ramblings. "Fantastic Movie Musings & Ramblings - A SHOT IN THE DARK (1935)". scifilm.org. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015.

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Films directed by Charles Lamont
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