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    The Plot Thickens

    1936 · Thriller · 1h 7m

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  1. The Plot Thickens: Directed by Ben Holmes. With James Gleason, Zasu Pitts, Owen Davis Jr., Louise Latimer. A priceless Cellini silver cup is stolen from a local museum with both Hildegarde and Oscar on the case.

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    • Comedy, Drama, Mystery
    • Ben Holmes
    • 1936-12-11
  2. 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 ...

  3. Synopsis. Late one night, following a series of arguments, wealthy John Carter is murdered in his car in a New York park. After Carter's body is found in his study by Kendall, the butler, police inspector Oscar Piper is assigned to the case. Soon, Oscar's girl friend, Hildegarde Withers, a schoolteacher and clever amateur sleuth, also joins the ...

    • Ben Holmes
    • James Gleason
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  6. The Plot Thickens (1936) The Plot Thickens (1936) The Plot Thickens (1936) The Plot Thickens (1936) View more photos Movie Info. Synopsis New York schoolmarm Hildegarde Withers (ZaSu Pitts) and ...

    • Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
    • James Gleason
    • Ben Holmes
  7. Dithery ZaSu Pitts is miscast as novelist Stuart Palmer's crime-solving schoolmarm Hildegarde Withers in The Plot Thickens. As usual, Hildegarde tries to figure out the connection between two ostensibly unrelated murders. The unifying factor turns out to be a priceless museum artifact, targeted for pilfering by a gang of international art thieves.

  8. 55th film of 2024: The Plot Thickens (Holmes, 1936) released by RKO in December the fifth entry in the whodunit comedic mystery series is entertaining but contains too much plot for a B film. Zasu Pitts plays Hildegarde Withers and while she is not as good as Edna Mae Oliver was in the first three she is better than Broderick was in the fourth ...

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