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The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case (1930)

6.8 | Aug 08, 1930 (US) | Comedy, Crime, Mystery | 00:30

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.

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Frank Austin
Butler (uncredited)
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Stanley Blystone
Detective (uncredited)
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Bobby Burns
Nervous Relative at Window (uncredited)
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Rosa Gore
Old Relative (uncredited)
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Dorothy Granger
Young Relative (uncredited)
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Dell Henderson
Housekeeper (uncredited)
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Fred Kelsey
Chief of Detectives (uncredited)
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Lon Poff
Old Relative (uncredited)

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CinemaSerf
7 | Jun 13, 2022
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?