The Plot Thickens (film)

The Plot Thickens is a 1936 American mystery film directed by Ben Holmes starring James Gleason, ZaSu Pitts and Louise Latimer. 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' previous Hildegarde Withers films.

Plot
Hildegarde Withers is a novelist who now tries to figure out the connection between two unrelated murders. Inspector Oscar Piper, is Hildegarde's friendly nemesis.

Cast

 * James Gleason as Oscar Piper
 * ZaSu Pitts as Hildegarde Withers
 * Owen Davis, Jr. as Robert 'Bob' Wilkins
 * Louise Latimer as Alice Stevens
 * Arthur Aylesworth as Kendall, the Butler
 * Paul Fix as Joe, the Chauffeur
 * Richard Tucker as John Carter
 * Barbara Barondess as Marie, the Maid
 * James Donlan as Jim, a Detective
 * Agnes Anderson as Dagmar, the Sculptor
 * Oscar Apfel as H. G. Robbins
 * John T. Bambury as Midget (uncredited)