Murder Goes to College

Murder Goes to College
Murder Goes to College
Directed by	Charles Reisner
Screenplay by	Brian Marlow; Eddie Welch; Robert Wyler
Produced by	William T. Lackey
Starring	Roscoe Karns; Marsha Hunt; Lynne Overman; Buster Crabbe; Astrid Allwyn; Harvey Stephens
Cinematography	Henry Sharp
Edited by	Edward Dmytryk
Music by	Charles Kisco
Production; company	Paramount Pictures
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	February 24, 1937;
Running time	77 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Murder Goes to College is a 1937 American comedy mystery film directed by Charles Reisner and written by Brian Marlow, Eddie Welch and Robert Wyler. The film stars Roscoe Karns, Marsha Hunt, Lynne Overman, Buster Crabbe, Astrid Allwyn and Harvey Stephens. The film was released on February 24, 1937, by Paramount Pictures.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Karns' and Overman's private-eye characters were reteamed for a sequel, Partners in Crime, later that year.

Plot

In a large university, a policy-racket scheme intertwines with the world of applied mathematics, involving both the academic elite and the criminal underworld. The plot thickens when a professor named Tom Barry is murdered in the Dean's office. It is revealed that Barry had developed a system to help gangster Strike Belno beat the numbers-racket, only to betray him and become a prime suspect in his murder. Greta Barry, Tom's wife, is torn between her love for Belno and the romantic advances of another professor. Meanwhile, Nora Barry, Tom's sister, is furious and her fiancé appears suspicious.