Murder on the Blackboard

Murder on the Blackboard

71 mins | Comedy, Thriller, Mystery | June 15, 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.

Murder on the Blackboard

71 mins | Comedy, Thriller, Mystery | June 15, 1934

Murder on the Blackboard
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.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers RKO Radio Pictures
Original title Murder on the Blackboard
Directors George Archainbaud
Writers Willis Goldbeck

Cast

Edna May Oliver

as Hildegarde Withers

James Gleason

as Inspector Oscar Piper

Bruce Cabot

as Addison

Gertrude Michael

as Jane Davis

Regis Toomey

as Detective Smiley North

Edgar Kennedy

as Detective Donahue

Tully Marshall

as Mr. MacFarland

Jackie Searl

as Leland Stanford Jones

Frederick Vogeding

as Otto Schweitzer, the Janitor (as Fredrik Vogeding)

Barbara Fritchie

as Louise Halloran

Gustav von Seyffertitz

as Dr. Max Von Immen

Tom Herbert

as Detective McTeague

Jed Prouty

as Dr. Levine

Wade Boteler

as Bearded diner (Uncredited)

Tommy Bupp

as School boy (uncredited)

Frank Mills

as Diner Counterman (uncredited)

Monte Vandergrift

as Policeman (uncredited)