Murder on a Bridle Path
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Murder on a Bridle Path is a 1936
Drama directed by William Hamilton and Edward Killy, starring James Gleason
and Helen Broderick
. This film was the fourth production in the Hildegarde Withers
-Oscar Piper series, and the first and only in which Helen Broderick played the Hildegarde Withers character.
High society bride Violet (Sheila Terry) is killed while riding her horse in New York's Central Park. Investigating the case is Inspector Piper (James Gleason
).
1936 in film
The year 1936 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*May 29 - Fritz Lang's first Hollywood film Fury, starring Spencer Tracy and Bruce Cabot, is released.*November 6 - first Porky Pig animated cartoon...
Drama directed by William Hamilton and Edward Killy, starring James Gleason
James Gleason
James Austin Gleason was an American actor born in New York City. He was also a playwright and screenwriter.-Career:...
and Helen Broderick
Helen Broderick
Helen Broderick was an American film and stage actress known for her comic roles, especially as a wisecracking sidekick.-Career:...
. This film was the fourth production in the Hildegarde Withers
Hildegarde Withers
Hildegarde Withers is a fictional character who appeared in several films and novels. She was created by Stuart Palmer.Miss Withers "whom the census enumerator had recently listed as 'spinster, born Boston, age thirty-nine, occupation school teacher'" becomes an amateur sleuthin the first book of...
-Oscar Piper series, and the first and only in which Helen Broderick played the Hildegarde Withers character.
High society bride Violet (Sheila Terry) is killed while riding her horse in New York's Central Park. Investigating the case is Inspector Piper (James Gleason
James Gleason
James Austin Gleason was an American actor born in New York City. He was also a playwright and screenwriter.-Career:...
).
Cast
- James GleasonJames GleasonJames Austin Gleason was an American actor born in New York City. He was also a playwright and screenwriter.-Career:...
as Police Insp. Oscar Piper - Helen BroderickHelen BroderickHelen Broderick was an American film and stage actress known for her comic roles, especially as a wisecracking sidekick.-Career:...
as Hildegarde Withers - Louise LatimerLouise LatimerLouise Latimer is an American film actor. She starred opposite John Wayne in the 1937 film California Straight Ahead!. She was born in Brooklyn, New York.-Filmography:* My Mummy's Arms * There's Always Tomorrow...
as Barbara Foley - Owen Davis Jr. as Edward 'Eddie' Fry
- John ArledgeJohn ArledgeJohn Arledge was an American film and stage actor. He played dozens of supporting roles in the Hollywood movies of the 1930s–1940s, including The Grapes of Wrath.-Filmography:...
as Joey Thomas - John CarrollJohn Carroll (actor)John Carroll was an American actor and singer. He was born Julian Lafaye in New Orleans, Louisiana....
as Latigo Wells - Leslie FentonLeslie FentonLeslie Fenton was an English-born American actor and film director. He appeared in 62 films between 1923 and 1945....
as Don Gregg - Christian RubChristian RubChristian Rub was known as a character actor from the late 1910s to the early 1950s, and was featured in more than 100 movies, often uncredited. He was born in Passau, Bavaria, Germany. His first appearance was in the movie The Belle of New York...
as Chris Thomas - Sheila Terry as Violet Feverel
- Willie BestWillie BestWilliam "Willie" Best sometimes known as Sleep n' Eat was an American television and film actor....
as 'High-Pockets' - John Miltern as Patrick 'Pat' Gregg
- Spencer ChartersSpencer ChartersSpencer Charters was an American film actor. He appeared in over 220 films between 1920 and 1943.He was born in Duncannon, Pennsylvania, and died in Hollywood, California by suicide, from a mix of sleeping pills and carbon monoxide poisoning.His first stage work soon after leaving school was a...
as Warden Sylvester Mahoney - James DonlanJames DonlanJames Donlan was an American actor.Born in San Francisco, California, Donlan appeared in 107 films between 1929 and 1939.He died in Hollywood, California, aged 49, from a heart attack...
as Detective Kane - Gustav von SeyffertitzGustav von SeyffertitzGustav von Seyffertitz was a German film actor and director. He appeared in 118 films between 1917 and 1939.He was born in Haimhausen, Bavaria and died in Los Angeles, California, aged 81.-Selected filmography:...
as Doctor Bloom, Police Dept. - Frank ReicherFrank ReicherFrank Reicher , was a German-born American stage and film actor, director and producer.-Early life:Frank Reicher was born in Munich, Germany, the son of actor Emanuel Reicher and Hedwig Kindermann, a popular German prima donna who was a daughter of the famous baritone August Kindermann...
as Dr. Peters (Gregg's)