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Murder on the Blackboard is a american film of genre Drama directed by George Archainbaud released in USA on 15 june 1934 with Edna May Oliver

Murder on the Blackboard (1934)

Murder on the Blackboard
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Released in USA 15 june 1934
Length 1h11
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Thriller,    Comedy,    Crime
Rating66% 3.344313.344313.344313.344313.34431

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 Buchanan.

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.

Synopsis

Miss Withers (Edna May Oliver) discovers the dead body of her colleague, music teacher Louise Halloran (Barbara Fritchie), in a schoolroom. She summons her old friend, Inspector Oscar Piper (James Gleason), but by the time he arrives, the corpse has disappeared. Having watched the only entrance (other than a fire exit with an alarm), Miss Withers knows the killer must still be inside. When the police search the building, Detective Donahue (Edgar Kennedy) is knocked out in the basement. Meanwhile, Miss Withers notices various clues, including a tune on the blackboard in Halloran's classroom. The body is found being burned in the basement furnace. Then, the fire alarm goes off; the murderer has escaped.

Actors

Edna May Oliver

(Hildegarde Withers)James Gleason

(Inspector Oscar Piper)Bruce Cabot

(Addison)Gertrude Michael

(Jane Davis)Regis Toomey

(Detective Smiley North)
And :
Tully Marshall
Edgar Kennedy
Gustav von Seyffertitz
Jed Prouty
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