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Forty Naughty Girls

Forty Naughty Girls

Part of Hildegarde Withers Mystery Collection

1937•1h 3m•5.4/10
MysteryComedy

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5.4/10(8)

Hildegarde Withers and Inspector Piper try to solve a murder while attending a popular Broadway show.

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Production

RKO Radio Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

James Gleason

James Gleason

Police Insp. Oscar Piper

Zasu Pitts

Zasu Pitts

Hildegarde Withers

Marjorie Lord

Marjorie Lord

June Preston

George Shelley

Bert

Joan Woodbury

Joan Woodbury

Rita Marlowe

Frank M. Thomas

Frank M. Thomas

Jeff "Pops" Plummer

Tom Kennedy

Tom Kennedy

Detective Casey

Alan Edwards

Alan Edwards

Ricky Rickman

Stephen Chase

Stephen Chase

Tommy Washburn (as Alden Chase)

Eddie Marr

Eddie Marr

Windy Bennett

Ada Leonard

Lil

Barbara Pepper

Barbara Pepper

Alice

Eddie Borden

Eddie Borden

Stage Board Man (uncredited)

Lynton Brent

Lynton Brent

Ticket Taker (uncredited)

William Corson

Man Watching Piper Enter Theater

Sayre Dearing

Sayre Dearing

Man in Audience (uncredited)

Bud Jamison

Bud Jamison

Theatre Doorman (uncredited)

Donald Kerr

Donald Kerr

Call Boy (uncredited)

Edward LeSaint

Edward LeSaint

Coroner (uncredited)

Carl M. Leviness

Carl M. Leviness

Man in Audience (uncredited)

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