The Plot Thickens (film)
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Directed by | Ben Holmes |
Screenplay by | Jack Townley Clarence Upson Young |
Based on | The Riddle of the Dangling Pearl 1932 story by Stuart Palmer |
Produced by | Samuel J. Briskin William Sistrom |
Starring | James Gleason ZaSu Pitts Owen Davis, Jr. |
Cinematography | Nicholas Musuraca |
Edited by | John Lockert |
Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
Release date | December 11, 1936 |
Running time | 69 min. |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Plot Thickens is a 1936 mystery film directed by William Sistrom, starring James Gleason and ZaSu Pitts, who plays the schoolteacher and amateur sleuth Hildegarde Withers from Stuart Palmer's stories. Gleason reprised his role as Hildegarde's friendly nemesis, Inspector Oscar Piper, from RKO Radio Pictures' previous Hildegarde Withers films.
Plot[]
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Hildegarde Withers (ZaSu Pitts) is a novelist who now tries to figure out the connection between two unrelated murders. Inspector Oscar Piper (James Gleason), is Hildegarde's friendly nemesis.
Cast[]
- James Gleason as Oscar Piper
- ZaSu Pitts as Hildegarde Withers
- Owen Davis, Jr. as Robert 'Bob' Wilkins
- Louise Latimer as Alice Stevens
- Arthur Aylesworth as Kendall, the Butler
- Paul Fix as Joe, the Chauffeur
- Richard Tucker as John Carter
- Barbara Barondess as Marie, the Maid
- James Donlan as Jim, a Detective
- Agnes Anderson as Dagmar, the Sculptor
- Oscar Apfel as H. G. Robbins
- John T. Bambury as Midget (uncredited)
References[]
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External links[]
- The Plot Thickens at IMDb
- The Plot Thickens at AllMovie
- The Plot Thickens at the TCM Movie Database
- The Plot Thickens at the American Film Institute Catalog
Categories:
- English-language films
- 1936 films
- 1930s comedy mystery films
- American mystery films
- American films
- American black-and-white films
- Films about writers
- Films based on American novels
- Films set in New York City
- Hildegarde Withers
- 1936 comedy films
- Mystery film stubs
- RKO Pictures films
- Films directed by Ben Holmes