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Murder by an Aristocrat (1936)

Murder by an Aristocrat poster
Directed by
Frank McDonald
Genre
mystery film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A police detective investigates the murder of a wealthy aristocrat. The story follows the clues and suspects in a standard whodunit plot.

detectivesuspensefulwhodunitlighttalkyold-fashionedformulaicpaced

What happens

Murder by an Aristocrat is a 1936 American mystery film directed by Frank McDonald and starring Lyle Talbot, Marguerite Churchill and Claire Dodd. The film was based on a 1932 novel of the same title by Mignon G. Eberhart, with sets designed by Hugh Reticker. It was the seventh of 12 B-mysteries released by Warner Bros. Pictures as part of their "Clue Club" series between 1935 and 1938. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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