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.
Karns' and Overman's private-eye characters were reteamed for a sequel, Partners in Crime, later that year.
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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.
Cast
Roscoe Karns as Sim Perkins
Marsha Hunt as Nora Barry
Lynne Overman as Henry 'Hank' Hyer
Buster Crabbe as Strike Belno
Astrid Allwyn as Greta Barry
Harvey Stephens as Paul Broderick
Purnell Pratt as President Arthur L. McShean
Barlowe Borland as Dean Wilfred Everett Olney
Earle Foxe as Tom Barry
Anthony Nace as Howard Sayforth
Ellen Drew as Lil
Nick Lukats as Drunk
Jack Chapin as Taxi Driver
Charles C. Wilson as Inspector Simpson