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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Did you know
- 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)
Featured review
Somewhat Slow-Paced, But With the Usual Hilarious Moments
A little longer and more slow-paced than most of their short features, "The Laurel & Hardy Murder Case" combines the duo's usual comedy gags with some old-fashioned gloomy-old-house atmosphere. When Stanley reads in the paper about the death of a rich man named Laurel, he and Ollie head to the house for the reading of the will, hoping that Stanley will inherit something. Instead, they are soon caught up in a murder mystery and a series of spooky/comic events. The attention paid to the ominous house and occupants slows things down, and makes this a lot less frantic than their best comedies, but it is still entertaining, and has a couple of hilarious sequences.
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- Snow Leopard
- Jun 27, 2001
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- Also known as
- Справа про вбивство Лорела-Гарді
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- Runtime30 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 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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