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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. Written by
Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
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Goofs
Two wide-mouthed bottles appear out of nowhere on Miss Halloran's desk as Miss Withers searches it.
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Quotes
Oscar Piper:
I got to admit, you can take it.
Hildegarde Withers:
Well, don't forget, when necessary I can dish it out, too.
Oscar Piper:
I wish you'd let me forget it.
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Connections
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Penguin Pool Murder (1932)
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Soundtracks
"The Sidewalks of New York"
Music by
Charles Lawlor (1894)
Played after the credits
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This was the second of 3 films Edna May Oliver made at RKO starring as that indomitable school teacher/sleuth, Miss Hildegarde Withers. As always, Miss Oliver steals the show, sticks it in her handbag and walks off with it.
This time she attempts to track down a murderer right in her own New York City school. With her gimlet eye & no-nonsense manner, the killer never really stands a chance.
Miss Oliver, as always, is a joy to watch. James Gleason returns as the harried police detective Oscar Piper, now Hildegarde's boyfriend. Also on hand are Edgar Kennedy, Bruce Cabot & Tully Marshall. But, as in the other Withers films, Edna May is the real reason to watch.