The Plot Thickens

The Plot Thickens

HIST!...A Sizzling Crime Drammer!

1936 · 69 min · ★ 6.3 · Mystery, Comedy

A priceless Cellini silver cup is stolen from a local museum with both Hildegarde and Oscar on the case.

Directed by Ben Holmes · Written by Clarence Upson Young

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Hildegarde Withers Mystery Collection

The Penguin Pool MurderThe Penguin Pool Murder · 1932
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New York schoolmarm Hildegarde Withers assists a detective when a body of unscrupulous stockbroker Gerald Parker suddenly appears in the penguin tank at the aquarium.
Murder on the BlackboardMurder on the Blackboard · 1934
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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.
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An amateur sleuth suspects foul play when a fellow passenger on a seaplane suddenly dies. The third and final film with Edna May Oliver and James Gleason as the astute schoolteacher Hildegarde Withers and the New York Police Inspector Oscar Piper busy solving crimes.
Murder on a Bridle PathMurder on a Bridle Path · 1936
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When the body of Violet Feverel is discovered on the Central Park bridle path, Inspector Oscar Piper presumes her death was accidental, until his friend, amateur detective Hildegarde Withers, locates Violet’s horse and discovers it is streaked with blood.
Forty Naughty GirlsForty Naughty Girls · 1937
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MovieMysteryComedy
Hildegarde Withers and Inspector Piper try to solve a murder while attending a popular Broadway show.

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A nosy reporter (Nugent) befriends the dumb Coughlin and pushes the Governor to commute his sentence. Now, Coughlin can ride his family's pride and joy in the Kentucky Derby. BUT, the mean old Warden cancels all paroles--and the idiot decides to escape (even though he's only got 10 more months to serve). So, the reporter has a hunch and goes to see if he can find Coughlin--and the Warden deputizes him!! At this point you might wonder if the boy will make good and win the big race
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