Murder on the Blackboard (1934)
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.
- Date of release
- 1934-06-15
- TMDB
- 6.3 / 10 (11)
- Runtime
- 1h 11m
- Genres
- Comedy, Mystery
- Director
- George Archainbaud
- Collection
- Hildegarde Withers Mystery Collection
Casting
- Edna May Oliver — Hildegarde Withers
- James Gleason — Police Insp. Oscar Piper
- Bruce Cabot — Stevens
- Gertrude Michael — Jane Davis
- Regis Toomey — Detective Smiley North
- Edgar Kennedy — Detective Donahue
- Tully Marshall — MacFarland
- Jackie Searl — Leland
- Frederick Vogeding — Otto (as Fredrik Vogeding)
- Barbara Fritchie — Louise
- Gustav von Seyffertitz — Dr. Von Immen
- Tom Herbert — Detective McTeague
Interesting facts
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.
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