The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case

6/9/1930 0h 30m 6.7/10

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

Top Billed Cast

Frank Austin

Butler (uncredited)

Oliver Hardy

Ollie

Stan Laurel

Stan

Stanley Blystone

Detective (uncredited)

Bobby Burns

Nervous Relative at Window (uncredited)

Rosa Gore

Old Relative (uncredited)

Reviews

CinemaSerf

6/13/2022

7/10

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?