The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case

1930 30 min ★ 6.8 Comedy, Crime, Mystery

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.

Cast

Stan Laurel

Stan

Oliver Hardy

Ollie

Frank Austin

Butler (uncredited)

Stanley Blystone

Detective (uncredited)

Bobby Burns

Nervous Relative at Window (uncredited)

Rosa Gore

Old Relative (uncredited)

Dorothy Granger

Young Relative (uncredited)

Dell Henderson

Housekeeper (uncredited)

Fred Kelsey

Chief of Detectives (uncredited)

Lon Poff

Old Relative (uncredited)

Details

Director

James Parrott

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Production

Hal Roach Studios

Reviews

C

CinemaSerf

June 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 s...