Campus Sleuth (1948)

When a magazine photographer is found dead on campus, a group of students decide to find out who committed the crime.

Director:

Will Jason

Writers:

Hal Collins (screenplay), Joel Malone (story),

Stars:

Freddie Stewart, June Preisser, Warren Mills

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Freddie Stewart	...	Freddie Trimball
June Preisser	...	Dodie Rogers
Warren Mills	...	Lee Watson
Noel Neill	...	Betty Rogers
Donald MacBride	...	Insp. Watson
Monte Collins	...	Dean McKinley (as Monty F. Collins)
Stan Ross	...	Richard Winkler
Bobby Sherwood	...	Bobby Davis (as Bobby Sherwood and His Orchestra)
Mildred Jorman	...	Little Miss Cornshucks
Geri Galian	...	Piano Player (as Gerri Galian and His Piano)
Joey Preston	...	Joey - Band Drummer
Billy Snyder	...	Ronnie Wallace
Paul Bryar	...	Houser
George Eldredge	...	Officer Edwards
Harry Tyler	...	Mr. Rogers

Storyline

A photographer is choked to death just outside of where a college dance is being held. The body is discovered by Lee Watson (Warren Mills), but promptly disappears, as it is being whisked from one point to another on the campus by a night watchman, who is an ex-convict. However, he is not the killer and Freddie TRimball (Freddie Stewart), Betty Rogers (Noel Neill), Dodie Rogers (June Preisser) and Lee set out to find the culprit, who managed to put a big damper on the Big Dance.

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Plot Keywords:

dance | campus | photographer | watchman | magazine | 

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Taglines:

It's a Rumpus on the Campus!

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Music | Mystery | Romance

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

4 April 1948 (USA)

Also Known As:

Macabro Desaparecimento

Company Credits

Production Co:

Monogram Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

57 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Follows High School Hero (1946)

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Soundtracks

"Neither Could I"
Written by Will Jason and Sid Robin
Sung by Freddie Stewart

User Reviews

Existing Campus Sleuth print/tapes

Copies of Campus Sleuth survive, and are in collectors' hands in truncated form, as well as the UCLA archives; I've not seen THAT copy. The mystery is whether an uncut copy still exists, containing the hayride musical l number featuring Mildred Jorman--Little Miss Cornshucks, It has been cut out of what existing prints I've seen.

This is the only footage known to exist of this colorful and talented blues/vaudeville performer of the 40s and 50s, and a subject I've been writing about and researching. Should a complete copy be available anywhere, I'm very interested in learning about that. this is not a masterpiece for the ages, but anybody's claim, but it contains a valuable performance that needs to survive-and also to be seen..