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Murder on the Campus (1933)

Murder on the Campus poster
Directed by
Richard Thorpe
Genre
crime film, mystery film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 13m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A detective investigates a series of murders at a college campus. He must find the killer among the faculty and students before the death toll rises.

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What happens

Murder on the Campus is a 1933 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Richard Thorpe. The film is also known as On the Stroke of Nine in the United Kingdom. It is based on the novel The Campanile Murders, by Whitman Chambers (Appleton, 1933). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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