BLACK & WHITE / MONOCHROME FILMS & MOVIES / TV SERIES

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1955)

LAWYERS / COURTS / JUDICIARY / LEGAL CASES

Carl Betz and Stephen Young in Judd for the Defense (1967)

POLICE / DETECTIVES / SHERIFFS / MARSHALS / AGENTS

Raymond Burr and Barbara Sigel in Ironside (1967)

CRIME / SCANDALS  - CRIMINALS / GANGSTERS

My attempt at a comprehensive list of feature-length and short sound films produced in America between 1930 and July 1934 (plus others included on pre-code.com, and Wikipedia's and Letterboxd's Pre-Code film lists).

Maurice Chevalier in The Smiling Lieutenant (1931)

LITERATURE / FILMS SERIES  MURDER MYSTERY - S.S. VAN DINE (author)

Louise Fazenda, Paul Lukas, and Alison Skipworth in The Casino Murder Case (1935)

Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel in The Live Ghost (1934)

An unpleasant (or rich , or a troublemaker ) person , various people he annoys who become suspects , a detective - police or amateur , who brings all the suspects together at the end - with or without saying "I bet you're wondering why I brought you all here " . Not all murder films fit the formula , these are ones that do .

Louise Brooks in The Canary Murder Case (1929)

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