A schoolteacher and amateur sleuth suspects foul play when a fellow passenger on a sea-plane gets sick and dies.A schoolteacher and amateur sleuth suspects foul play when a fellow passenger on a sea-plane gets sick and dies.A schoolteacher and amateur sleuth suspects foul play when a fellow passenger on a sea-plane gets sick and dies.
Harry Ellerbe
- Marvin Deving
- (as Harry Ellerbee)
Willie Best
- Willie
- (as Sleep 'n' Eat)
Harry Allen
- Hotel Gardener
- (uncredited)
Irving Bacon
- Man With Pelican
- (uncredited)
James P. Burtis
- Deputy
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThird and final film for Edna May Oliver playing Hildegard Withers. The other two films being Penguin Pool Murder (1932) and Murder on the Blackboard (1934).
- GoofsA shoe with a "K" carved on the heel would leave an impression with the "K" reversed. The "K" in the heel print in the movie is not reversed, showing that it's not really a heel print.
- Quotes
Oscar Piper: So that's your system?
Hildegarde Withers: Can you suggest a better one?
Oscar Piper: I suggest using your head a little.
Hildegarde Withers: That'd be nice work for you, Oscar, if you could get it.
Hildegarde Withers: Uuuhhh!
- ConnectionsFollowed by Murder on a Bridle Path (1936)
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Another delightful entry with Edna May Oliver as amateur sleuth...
This time a murder takes place on a seaplane enroute to Catalina Island and all of the passengers become suspects. Needless to say, a few red herrings are thrown into the plot but it's all eventually solved after Hildegarde Withers (Edna May Oliver) calls in detective Piper (James Gleason) to assist her in solving the case.
Another minor entry in the Hildegarde Withers series with Edna May giving her all to a plot-heavy number of names and suspects. Better just sit back and watch Oliver at work, stealing every scene with assurance and almost making us believe in the baffling proceedings. Leo G. Carroll does a nice job as a harried movie director. Lola Lane is a pleasant distraction but it's Edna May's movie all the way.
Another minor entry in the Hildegarde Withers series with Edna May giving her all to a plot-heavy number of names and suspects. Better just sit back and watch Oliver at work, stealing every scene with assurance and almost making us believe in the baffling proceedings. Leo G. Carroll does a nice job as a harried movie director. Lola Lane is a pleasant distraction but it's Edna May's movie all the way.
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- Doylenf
- Nov 25, 2003
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- Puzzle of the Pepper Tree
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- Runtime1 hour 14 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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