Murder on the Blackboard

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.

Directed by George Archainbaud

Top cast

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)

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Barbara Fritchie

Louise

Gustav von Seyffertitz

Dr. Von Immen

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Tom Herbert

Detective McTeague

Jed Prouty

Dr. Levine

Wade Boteler

Bearded Diner (Uncredited)

Tommy Bupp

School Boy (uncredited)

Frank Mills

Diner Counterman (uncredited)

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Monte Vandergrift

Policeman (uncredited)

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