Main Cast: James Gleason, ZaSu Pitts, Owen Davis, Jr., Louise Latimer, Arthur Ayleswofth
Release Year: 1935
Country: US
Run Time: 69 minutes
Plot
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. James Gleason, a holdover from RKO Radio's previous Hildegarde Withers films with Edna May Oliver and Helen Broderick, is back as Hildegarde's friendly nemesis, Inspector Oscar Piper. The Plot Thickens was released in Great Britain as The Swinging Pearl Mystery. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Paul Fix - Joe, Carter Chauffeur; Richard Tucker - John Carter; Agnes Anderson - Dagmar; Barbara Barondess - Marie; James Donlan - Jim; Oscar Apfel - Robbins
Credit
Van Nest Polglase - Art Director, Field M. Gray - Art Director, Edward Stevenson - Costume Designer, Ben Holmes - Director, John Lockert - Editor, Nick Musuraca - Cinematographer, William Sistrom - Producer, Darrell Silvera - Set Designer, George D. Ellis - Sound/Sound Designer, Jack Townley - Screenwriter, Clarence Upson Young - Screenwriter, Stuart Palmer - Short Story Author
