
Below Zero(1930)
Street musicians Stan and Ollie have no success earning money in the dead of winter in a bad neighborhood. Their instruments are destroyed in an argument with a woman, but their luck seems to turn when Stan finds a wallet.


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.

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)
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case is a comedy, crime, mystery film released in 1930 exploring themes of knife, black and white, short film. Directed by James Parrott, it stars Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Frank Austin. 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.
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