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Forty Naughty Girls (1937)

Forty Naughty Girls poster
Directed by
Edward F. Cline
Genre
mystery film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 03m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A schoolteacher and a police inspector team up to solve a murder at a theater. They navigate a cast of quirky suspects and comedic missteps.

lightheartedwhimsicalcomicalbreezyplayfulmysteriousfast-paced

What happens

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. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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