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24 September 1937 (USA)
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The screen's funniest sleuth and sleuthess...on the trail of another crime!
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Oilice Inspector Oscar Piper and Hildegared Withers attend the opening night of a Broadway play in New York City...
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weak character, good plot
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | James Gleason | ... | Inspector Oscar Piper |
| Zasu Pitts | ... | Hildegarde Withers |
| Marjorie Lord | ... | June Preston |
| George Shelley | ... | Bert |
| Joan Woodbury | ... | Rita Marlowe |
| Frank M. Thomas | ... | Jeff 'Pop' Plummer |
| Tom Kennedy | ... | Detective Casey |
| Alan Edwards | ... | Ricky Rickman |
| Alden 'Stephen' Chase | ... | Tommy Washburn (as Alden Chase) |
| Eddie Marr | ... | Edward C. 'Windy' Bennett (as Edward Marr) |
| Ada Leonard | ... | Lil - Showgirl |
| Barbara Pepper | ... | Alice - Showgirl |
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63 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (RCA Victor System)
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Follows The Plot Thickens (1936)
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Forty Naughty Girls
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Schoolmarm Hildegarde Withers (Zasu Pitts) and her friend Inspector Oscar Piper (James Gleason) go out for a night on Broadway. Naturally, no evening on the town can take place without murder, not when Hildegarde and the Inspector are around. This entry in the series is played more broadly for laughs than its predecessors but not much more than typical for the B-level crime movies of the day. The problem here, from my perspective, is that Zasu Pitts's character is so different from the great Edna May Oliver's that only the name appears to be the same. Edna May's Hildegard Withers was a feisty old girl who basically ran the Inspector's case for him despite his grousing. Zasu plays her standard ditz and the movie suffers for it. It's hard to imagine the Inspector putting up with her; moreover, some of the slapstick seems forced. On the other hand, this entry is saved by a very clever plot with plenty of false leads and twists. The film might have played better as a straight mystery rather than mystery/comedy. By the way, the lovely Marjorie Lord gets an early turn here as a singer/hoofer type.