Disappointing film with Dick Van Dyke as a criminology professor caught up in a murder at his college.
We have the usual list of suspects with some excellent motivation for wanting to kill the chairman of the English Department. Who is accused? A professor who was on the verge of being denied tenure by the vote of this department chair. As always, there is no understanding of what tenure means and it's brought out well by the characters here. Before you discuss tenure, you should have researched it thoroughly.
Dick Van Dyke looks very old here. He has a funny color around his eyes and appears that this is the result of heavy drinking throughout the years.
Even the reason for the robbery of his bicycle on campus was nonsensical here. At least, it should have had something to do with the plot.
By the middle of the film, it appears that the mob may have had something to do with the killing. They would have been better off pursuing that thought in this film.
While the killer is revealed at the end to be a member of the English Department, it's not that clear why this person did the professor in.
About the best performance here is the one by the dead professor's wife who knew that her husband had cheated on her repeatedly. She really acts as the victim here.
We have the usual list of suspects with some excellent motivation for wanting to kill the chairman of the English Department. Who is accused? A professor who was on the verge of being denied tenure by the vote of this department chair. As always, there is no understanding of what tenure means and it's brought out well by the characters here. Before you discuss tenure, you should have researched it thoroughly.
Dick Van Dyke looks very old here. He has a funny color around his eyes and appears that this is the result of heavy drinking throughout the years.
Even the reason for the robbery of his bicycle on campus was nonsensical here. At least, it should have had something to do with the plot.
By the middle of the film, it appears that the mob may have had something to do with the killing. They would have been better off pursuing that thought in this film.
While the killer is revealed at the end to be a member of the English Department, it's not that clear why this person did the professor in.
About the best performance here is the one by the dead professor's wife who knew that her husband had cheated on her repeatedly. She really acts as the victim here.