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Murder Goes to College (1937)

Murder Goes to College poster
Directed by
Charles Reisner
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 17m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A comedy mystery about two private detectives who are called to a college to investigate a murder. They use their bumbling wits to solve the case.

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What happens

Murder Goes to College is a 1937 American comedy mystery film directed by Charles Reisner and written by Brian Marlow, Eddie Welch and Robert Wyler. The film stars Roscoe Karns, Marsha Hunt, Lynne Overman, Buster Crabbe, Astrid Allwyn and Harvey Stephens. The film was released on February 24, 1937, by Paramount Pictures. Karns' and Overman's private-eye characters were reteamed for a sequel, Partners in Crime, later that year. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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