The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case

9/6/193030m

Theatrical Release (US)

Overview:

The boys think their days of fishing to feed themselves have come to an end, when Stan's rich uncle Ebenezer dies leaving a large estate. But they soon learn that Ebenezer was murdered and all the relatives, including Stan, are suspects.

Director:

James Parrott

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

knife
black and white
short film

Cast

Stan Laurel

~ as ~

Stan

Oliver Hardy

~ as ~

Ollie

Frank Austin

~ as ~

Butler (uncredited)

Stanley Blystone

~ as ~

Detective (uncredited)

Bobby Burns

~ as ~

Nervous Relative at Window (uncredited)

Rosa Gore

~ as ~

Old Relative (uncredited)

Dorothy Granger

~ as ~

Young Relative (uncredited)

Dell Henderson

~ as ~

Housekeeper (uncredited)

Fred Kelsey

~ as ~

Chief of Detectives (uncredited)

Lon Poff

~ as ~

Old Relative (uncredited)

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 3 year(s) ago
7
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?