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The Plot Thickens | |
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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 |
Production company | |
Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 69 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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.
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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.
This article needs additional citations for
verification. (February 2024) |
The Plot Thickens | |
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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 |
Production company | |
Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
Release date |
|
Running time | 69 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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.
![]() | This article needs an improved
plot summary. (October 2011) |
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.