The read
It runs a compact 1h 14m.
Synopsis
An amateur sleuth suspects foul play when a fellow passenger on a seaplane suddenly dies. The third and final film with Edna May Oliver and James Gleason as the astute schoolteacher Hildegarde Withers and the New York Police Inspector Oscar Piper busy solving crimes.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
13 audience votes
Key crew
- Robert BenchleyScreenplay
- Lloyd CorriganDirector
- Seton I. MillerScreenplay
Cast
- Edna May OliverHildegarde Withers
- James GleasonPolice Insp. Oscar Piper
- Lola LanePhyllis La Font
- George MeekerTom Kelsey, alias Roswell T. Forrest
- Dorothy LibaireKay Deving
- Harry EllerbeMarvin Deving
- Chick ChandlerDick French
- Willie BestWillie (as Sleep 'n' Eat)
- Leo G. CarrollJoseph B. Tate
- DeWitt JenningsCaptain Beegle
- Spencer ChartersChief of Police Britt
- Arthur HoytDr. O'Rourke
Stills
Themes
poisonamateur detectiverevengepolice detectivedead mannewlywedimpersonationmurder investigationhired killerschoolteacherseaplanefilm director