Murder on the Blackboard (1934)
1h 11m
Running Time
June 15, 1934Release Date
Murder on the Blackboard (1934)
1h 11m
Running Time
June 15, 1934Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
There are plenty of guilty secrets at the school where Hildegarde Withers teaches. When she finds the body of the pretty music teacher, she calls in her old friend Inspector Piper, who promptly arrests the obvious suspect. Clues multiply and everyone looks suspicious as Piper and Miss Withers continue their battle of the sexes.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Edna May Oliver
Hildegarde Withers
James Gleason
Inspector Oscar Piper
Bruce Cabot
Addison 'Ad' Stevens
Gertrude Michael
Jane Davis
Regis Toomey
Detective Smiley North
Edgar Kennedy
Detective Donahue
Tully Marshall
Mr. MacFarland
Jackie Searl
Leland Stanford Jones
Frederick Vogeding
Otto Schweitzer, the Janitor
Barbara Fritchie
Louise Halloran
Gustav von Seyffertitz
Dr. Max Von Immen
George Archainbaud
Director
Tom Herbert
Detective McTeague
Jed Prouty
Dr. Levine
Willis Goldbeck
Writer
Stuart Palmer
Writer
Media.
Details.
Release DateJune 15, 1934
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 11m
Content RatingNR
Genres
Wiki.
Murder on the Blackboard is a 1934 American pre-Code mystery/comedy film starring Edna May Oliver as schoolteacher Hildegarde Withers and James Gleason as Police Inspector Oscar Piper. Together, they investigate a murder at Withers' school. It was based on the novel of the same name by Stuart Palmer. It features popular actor Bruce Cabot in one of his first post-King Kong roles, as well as Gertrude Michael, Regis Toomey, and Edgar Kennedy.
Murder on the Blackboard was the second of three films teaming Oliver and Gleason as Withers and Piper, following The Penguin Pool Murder and preceding Murder on a Honeymoon. Director George Archainbaud also directed the first film in the series.
Hildegarde Withers Mystery Collection.
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