Who Killed Doc Robbin

For the 1931 British film, see Who Killed Doc Robin? For the 1941 film, see A Dangerous Game (1941 film).

Who Killed Doc Robbin is a 1948 film directed by Bernard Carr and starring Larry Olsen, Billy Gray, and Renee Beard. It was produced by Hal Roach and Robert F. McGowan as a reimagining of their Our Gang series.

Who Killed Doc Robbin
Directed by	Bernard Carr
Written by	Robert F. McGowan (story) Dorothy Reid Maurice Geraghty
Produced by	Hal Roach Hal Roach, Jr. Robert F. McGowan
Starring	Larry Olsen Billy Gray Renee Beard
Cinematography	John W. Boyle
Edited by	Arthur Seid
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date	April 9, 1948 (1948-04-09)
Running time	55 min.
Country	United States
Language	English

The film was one of "Hal Roach's Streamliners" features of the 1940s, running only 55 minutes, and was designed as a B-movie. Like most of Roach's latter-day output, Who Killed Doc Robbin, the sequel to 1947's Curley, was shot in Cinecolor. The film was released to theatres on April 9, 1948 by United Artists.

When Hal Roach sold Our Gang to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1938, he was contractually bound not to produce anymore kids comedies. When Roach decided that he wanted to produce Curley, he got MGM's permission by giving up his right to buy back the name Our Gang.

Both Curley and Who Killed Doc Robbin, performed poorly at the box office (as a result, Roach discontinued theatrical film production, turning his studio's efforts towards television), and when Roach bought back the rights to the 1927-1938 Our Gang shorts in 1949, he had to re-christen the series as The Little Rascals.

Plot

Local scientist Dr. Hugo Robbin dies. Curley and his "gang" happen to have been key witnesses to several of the events, and the children's testimonies are told in flashback during the court case.

External links

• Who Killed Doc Robbin at IMDb
• Who Killed Doc Robbin is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive