Forty Naughty Girls

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Forty Naughty Girls
Forty Naughty Girls poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Edward F. Cline
Screenplay by John Grey
Harold Kusell
Based onThe Riddle of the Forty Naughty Girls
1934 story in Mystery
by Stuart Palmer
Produced by William Sistrom
Starring James Gleason
ZaSu Pitts
Marjorie Lord
George Shelley
Joan Woodbury
Cinematography Russell Metty
Edited byJohn Lockert
Music by Roy Webb
Production
company
Distributed byRKO Pictures
Release date
  • September 24, 1937 (1937-09-24)
Running time
63 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Forty Naughty Girls is a 1937 American comedy mystery film directed by Edward F. Cline and written by John Grey. The film stars James Gleason, ZaSu Pitts, Marjorie Lord, George Shelley and Joan Woodbury. It is the sixth and final entry in RKO Pictures' series of Hildegarde Withers films. [1] [2] [3] This film was the sixth film in the Hildegarde Withers-Oscar Piper series, and the second film in which ZaSu Pitts appeared as Hildegarde. Before Pitts, Edna May Oliver and Helen Broderick had played the role. [4]

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Plot

The plot follows Inspector Oscar Piper and Hildegarde Withers as they attend a Broadway show, and get involved in a case where a press agent gets shot and an actor gets murdered live on stage.

Cast

Production notes

The role of Hildegarde Withers along with James Gleason as Inspector Oscar Piper was played by;

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