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A Shot in the Dark
Why this pick
Shared genres: Comedy, Crime.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
MOVIE1938 1h 20m USA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
At 3:00 am, Melsa Manton takes her little dogs for a walk. Near a subway construction site, she sees Ronnie Belden run out of a house and drive away. The house is for sale by Sheila Lane, the wife of George Lane, a wealthy banker. Inside, Melsa finds a diamond brooch and George's dead body. As she runs for help, her cloak falls off with the brooch inside it. When the police arrive, the body, cloak, and brooch are gone. Melsa and her friends are notorious pranksters, so the Lieutenant, Mike Brent, does nothing to investigate the murder. Peter Ames writes an editorial decrying Melsa's "prank", and she sues him for libel.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Henry Fonda
Peter Ames
Frances Mercer
Helen Frayne
James Burke
Sullivan
Paul Guilfoyle
Bat Regan
Kay Sutton
Gloria Hamilton
Grady Sutton
Secretary to District Attorney
Barbara Stanwyck
Melsa Manton
Sam Levene
Lieutenant Brent