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Murder on the Blackboard(1934)
Status: Released
Date: 1934-06-15
57%
6 Votes
Time: 1h 11m
They Laughed When Miss Withers Sniffed a Clue; But Kicked Themselves Ever After for Laughing
Overview:
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.
Languages: English.
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United States of America
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Movie: Murder on the Blackboard
Top 10 Billed Cast
Edna May Oliver
Hildegarde Withers
James Gleason
Inspector Oscar Piper
Bruce Cabot
Addison
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 (as Fredrik Vogeding)
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Overview
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.
Release Date
1934-06-15
Average
5.7
Rating:
2.9 startsTagline
They Laughed When Miss Withers Sniffed a Clue; But Kicked Themselves Ever After for Laughing
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