The Plot Thickens (film)
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1936 mystery film directed by Ben Holmes
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| The Plot Thickens | |
|---|---|
| The Swinging Pearl Mystery | |
| 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 |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 69 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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The Plot Thickens is a 1936 American mystery film directed by Ben Holmes starring James Gleason, ZaSu Pitts and Louise Latimer.[1] Pitts 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 is a novelist who now tries to figure out the connection between two unrelated murders. Inspector Oscar Piper, is Hildegarde's friendly nemesis.
Cast
[edit ]- 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
[edit ]- ^ "The Plot Thickens". afi.com. Retrieved 2024年02月11日.
External links
[edit ]- The Plot Thickens at IMDb
- The Plot Thickens at the TCM Movie Database
- The Plot Thickens at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
Categories:
- 1936 films
- 1930s comedy mystery films
- American mystery 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
- RKO Pictures films
- Films directed by Ben Holmes
- 1930s English-language films
- 1930s American films
- English-language comedy mystery films
- Mystery film stubs