A Shot in the Dark

An amateur sleuth solves three murders at his son's New England college.

Cast

Robert Warwick

as Joseph Harris

Charles Starrett

as Kenneth 'Ken' Harris

Marion Shilling

as Jean Coates

Helen Jerome Eddy

as Miss Lottie Case

Edward Van Sloan

as Professor Bostwick

James Bush

as Byron Coates / John Meseraux

Eddie Tamblyn

as Bill Smart

Julian Madison

as Charlie Penlon

Robert McKenzie

as Sheriff Graves

Doris Lloyd

as Lucille Coates

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