Murder on the Blackboard
1934 | 71m | English
Popularity: 0.9 (history)
| Director: | George Archainbaud |
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| Writer: | Willis Goldbeck, Stuart Palmer |
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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. | |
| Release Date: | Jun 15, 1934 |
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| Director: | George Archainbaud |
| Writer: | Willis Goldbeck, Stuart Palmer |
| Genres: | Comedy, Mystery |
| Keywords | fire escape, amateur detective, homicide, music teacher, anemia, murder, basement, janitor, alcoholic, ex-con, pre-code, police investigation, blackboard, schoolteacher, schoolhouse, police inspector, secret marriage, lottery ticket, amateur sleuth, poisoning, blow to the head |
| Production Companies | RKO Radio Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2026 Entered: Apr 30, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| Barbara Fritchie | Louise |
| Gustav von Seyffertitz | Dr. Von Immen |
| Tom Herbert | Detective McTeague |
| Jed Prouty | Dr. Levine |
| Wade Boteler | Bearded Diner (Uncredited) |
| Tommy Bupp | School Boy (uncredited) |
| Frank Mills | Diner Counterman (uncredited) |
| Monte Vandergrift | Policeman (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Van Nest Polglase | Art Direction |
| George Archainbaud | Director |
| Max Steiner | Music Director, Original Music Composer |
| Bernhard Kaun | Original Music Composer |
| Archie Marshek | Editor |
| Ollie Sigurdson | Still Photographer |
| Nicholas Musuraca | Director of Photography |
| Albert S. D'Agostino | Art Direction |
| Walter Plunkett | Costume Design |
| Willis Goldbeck | Screenplay |
| Stuart Palmer | Novel |
| John L. Cass | Sound Recordist |
| Thomas Atkins | Assistant Director |
| Frank Redman | Camera Operator |
| Willard Booth | Assistant Camera |
| Harry Redmond Sr. | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Pandro S. Berman | Executive Producer |
| Kenneth Macgowan | Associate Producer |
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