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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.
Original Release
06/15/1934
US Release
06/15/1934
Cast
Name | Character |
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Edna May Oliver | Hildegarde Withers |
James Gleason | Inspector Oscar Piper |
Bruce Cabot | Addison 'Ad' Stevens / Addison |
Gertrude Michael | Jane Davis |
Regis Toomey | Detective Smiley North |
Edgar Kennedy | Detective Donahue |
Tully Marshall | Mr. MacFarland |
Jackie Searl | Leland Stanford Jones |
Frederik Vogeding | Otto Schweitzer, the Janitor (as Fredrik Vogeding) / Otto Schweitzer, the Janitor |
Barbara Fritchie | Louise Halloran |
Directors
Writers
Willis Goldbeck, Stuart Palmer
Cast
Name | Character |
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Edna May Oliver | Hildegarde Withers |
James Gleason | Inspector Oscar Piper |
Bruce Cabot | Addison 'Ad' Stevens / Addison |
Gertrude Michael | Jane Davis |
Regis Toomey | Detective Smiley North |
Edgar Kennedy | Detective Donahue |
Tully Marshall | Mr. MacFarland |
Jackie Searl | Leland Stanford Jones |
Frederik Vogeding | Otto Schweitzer, the Janitor (as Fredrik Vogeding) / Otto Schweitzer, the Janitor |
Barbara Fritchie | Louise Halloran |
Gustav von Seyffertitz | Dr. Max Von Immen |
Tom Herbert | Detective McTeague |
Jed Prouty | Dr. Levine |
Wade Boteler | Bearded Diner / Bearded diner (Uncredited) |
Tommy Bupp | School Boy |
Frank Mills | Diner Counterman |
Monte Vandergrift | Policeman |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Pandro S. Berman | Executive Producer |
Kenneth Macgowan | Producer |