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Murder on the Blackboard

Murder on the Blackboard (1934)

1934-06-15 · 71 min · Rating 6.10/10 (9 votes)

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.

Keywords

alcoholic amateur detective amateur sleuth anemia basement blackboard blow to the head ex-con fire escape homicide janitor lottery ticket murder music teacher poisoning police inspector police investigation pre-code schoolhouse schoolteacher secret marriage