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1934

Murder on the Blackboard

Directed by George Archainbaud
They Laughed When Miss Withers Sniffed a Clue; But Kicked Themselves Ever After for Laughing

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.

Duration

1h 11m

Released

June 15, 1934

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Cast17

  • Edna May Oliver
  • James Gleason
  • Bruce Cabot
  • Gertrude Michael
  • Regis Toomey
  • Edgar Kennedy
  • Tully Marshall
  • Jackie Searl
  • Frederick Vogeding

Part ofThe Hildegarde Withers Mystery Collection

Includes The Penguin Pool Murder (1932), Murder on the Blackboard (1934), Murder on a Honeymoon (1935), Murder on a Bridle Path (1936), The Plot Thickens (1936), and Forty Naughty Girls (1937).

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