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In order to claim an inheritance, the boys present themselves at a creaky, bat-filled mansion on a stormy night.In order to claim an inheritance, the boys present themselves at a creaky, bat-filled mansion on a stormy night.In order to claim an inheritance, the boys present themselves at a creaky, bat-filled mansion on a stormy night.
Frank Austin
- Butler
- (uncredited)
Stanley Blystone
- Detective
- (uncredited)
Bobby Burns
- Nervous Relative at Window
- (uncredited)
Jack Rube Clifford
- Detective
- (uncredited)
Rosa Gore
- Old Relative
- (uncredited)
Dorothy Granger
- Young Relative
- (uncredited)
Charlie Hall
- Unknown
- (uncredited)
Dell Henderson
- Housekeeper
- (uncredited)
Fred Kelsey
- Chief of Detectives
- (uncredited)
Lon Poff
- Old Relative
- (uncredited)
Art Rowlands
- Theater-goer Relative
- (uncredited)
Tiny Sandford
- Policeman
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- H.M. Walker
- Oliver Hardy(uncredited)
- Stan Laurel(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
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- TriviaLike other early talkies, this film was reshot in other languages, with casts who spoke the language and Stan & Ollie learning their lines phonetically. In one of the foreign-language versions, the butler is played by Boris Karloff.
- GoofsAfter getting ready to go to bed, the boys drop the candle a few times, and it seemingly goes out. When they pick it up, it is lit again without them lighting it.
- Crazy creditsOpening credits prologue: Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy decided that they needed a rest - -
- They had been looking for work since 1921 -
- Alternate versionsThere is also a colorized version.
- ConnectionsAlternate-language version of Feu mon oncle (1930)
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Underrated Gem
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case (1930)
*** 1/2 (out of 4)
Laurel and Hardy have been out of work for nearly a decade when they read the paper and see that their luck might have changed. The relative of Laurel's has died and is leaving his estate of three million dollars. The two dimwits find themselves at the will reading and learn that the relative was actually murdered and they're going to have to spend the night.
THE LAUREL-HARDY MURDER CASE is really a spoof of those "old dark house" movies that were so popular during the silent era and would remain popular throughout the 1930's. This really is a terrific spoof as the two comic legends are in fine form and the screenplay perfectly pokes fun at some clichés like the creepy butler and the fainting woman. The first fifteen minutes mainly has dialogue jokes and some pretty good ones but it's the second half of the film that really comes to life as we get some terrific physical gags including a hilarious one dealing with Laurel sneaking back under the covers. Best dialogue:
Hardy: Is your uncle alive?
Laurel: Nope, he died of a broken neck. Fell through a trap door.
Hardy: Was he building a house?
Laurel: No, they were hanging him.
*** 1/2 (out of 4)
Laurel and Hardy have been out of work for nearly a decade when they read the paper and see that their luck might have changed. The relative of Laurel's has died and is leaving his estate of three million dollars. The two dimwits find themselves at the will reading and learn that the relative was actually murdered and they're going to have to spend the night.
THE LAUREL-HARDY MURDER CASE is really a spoof of those "old dark house" movies that were so popular during the silent era and would remain popular throughout the 1930's. This really is a terrific spoof as the two comic legends are in fine form and the screenplay perfectly pokes fun at some clichés like the creepy butler and the fainting woman. The first fifteen minutes mainly has dialogue jokes and some pretty good ones but it's the second half of the film that really comes to life as we get some terrific physical gags including a hilarious one dealing with Laurel sneaking back under the covers. Best dialogue:
Hardy: Is your uncle alive?
Laurel: Nope, he died of a broken neck. Fell through a trap door.
Hardy: Was he building a house?
Laurel: No, they were hanging him.
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- Feb 29, 2008
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- Справа про вбивство Лорела-Гарді
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- Runtime30 minutes
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- 1.20 : 1
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By what name was The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case (1930) officially released in Canada in English?
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