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Murder on the Campus

Murder on the Campus

1933Movie⏱️ 1h 13mPassed
Mystery
5.5
IMDB Rating
339 votes

A popular young student finds herself accused of a series of murders that have occurred on the college campus. Her boyfriend, a reporter for the local newspaper, knows she didn't do it, and sets out to prove her innocence and catc...

Director
Richard Thorpe
Writers
N/A
Stars
Shirley Grey, Charles Starrett, J. Farrell MacDonald
Release Date
December 27, 1933
Language
English
Country
United States
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Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Shirley Grey
Shirley Grey
as Lillian Voyne
Charles Starrett
Charles Starrett
as Bill Bartlett
J. Farrell MacDonald
J. Farrell MacDonald
as Police Capt. Ed Kyne
Ruth Hall
Ruth Hall
as Ann Michaels
Dewey Robinson
Dewey Robinson
as Detective Sgt. Charlie Lorrimer
Maurice Black
Maurice Black
as Blackie Atwater
Edward Van Sloan
Edward Van Sloan
as Prof. C. Edson Hawley
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Jane Keckley
as Hilda Lund
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Richard Catlett
as Wilson, Frat House Manager
Harry Bowen
Harry Bowen
as Spud, Reporter

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Sound
Mono
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA
Production
Chesterfield Motion Pictures Corporation (I)

🏷️ Keywords

studentyoungrestaurantinterrupted kissstolen evidence

🎯 Categories

WhodunnitMystery

⭐ Featured Review

Good but not great murder mystery that will keep you interested with the twists and turns of the whys
by dbborroughs2006-07-29
6/10

"A student is killed at the top of a tower on a college campus. No one saw anyone come down from the tower and there was no place for the killer to hide. Charles Starrett plays Bill Bartlett a reporter who just happened to be on the scene of the crime. He's interested in a girl who becomes one of the suspects in the murder.She is working her way through college as a singer in a night club run by a gambler known as Blackie. As more deaths occur the reasons for the murder become less clear, especially as we learn about some of the suspects. This is one of those movies thats just okay and un..."

💡 Did You Know?

This film was first telecast on New York City's pioneer television station W2XBS 22 June 1940. Post-WWII television enthusiasts got their first look at it in New York City Tuesday 28 May 1946 on the DuMont Television Network's WABD (Channel 5), and in Washington DC Tuesday 3 February 1948 on WMAL (Channel 7); on the West Coast, its earliest documented telecast took place in Los Angeles Saturday 23 June 1951 on KTTV (Channel 11).

📖 Synopsis

A popular young student finds herself accused of a series of murders that have occurred on the college campus. Her boyfriend, a reporter for the local newspaper, knows she didn't do it, and sets out to prove her innocence and catc...