A schoolteacher and amateur sleuth suspects foul play when a fellow passenger on a sea-plane gets sick and dies.A schoolteacher and amateur sleuth suspects foul play when a fellow passenger on a sea-plane gets sick and dies.A schoolteacher and amateur sleuth suspects foul play when a fellow passenger on a sea-plane gets sick and dies.
Harry Ellerbe
- Marvin Deving
- (as Harry Ellerbee)
Willie Best
- Willie
- (as Sleep 'n' Eat)
Harry Allen
- Hotel Gardener
- (uncredited)
Irving Bacon
- Man With Pelican
- (uncredited)
James P. Burtis
- Deputy
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThird and final film for Edna May Oliver playing Hildegard Withers. The other two films being Penguin Pool Murder (1932) and Murder on the Blackboard (1934).
- GoofsA shoe with a "K" carved on the heel would leave an impression with the "K" reversed. The "K" in the heel print in the movie is not reversed, showing that it's not really a heel print.
- Quotes
Oscar Piper: So that's your system?
Hildegarde Withers: Can you suggest a better one?
Oscar Piper: I suggest using your head a little.
Hildegarde Withers: That'd be nice work for you, Oscar, if you could get it.
Hildegarde Withers: Uuuhhh!
- ConnectionsFollowed by Murder on a Bridle Path (1936)
Featured review
Withers and Piper.
Murder on a Honeymoon is directed by Lloyd Corrigan and adapted to screenplay by Robert Benchley and Seton I. Miller from the novel The Puzzle of the Pepper Tree written by Stuart Palmer. It stars Edna May Oliver, James Gleason, Lola Lane and George Meeker. Music is by Alberto Colombo and cinematography by Nick Musuraca.
During a flight to Catalina Island a passenger falls sick and dies. Hildegard Withers (Oliver) smells a rat but has trouble convincing the authorities that murder is evident. Help is on the way, though, in the shape of Hildegard's side-kick, Inspector Oscar Piper (Gleason).
The third and last outing for Oliver as fun crime solver Hildegard Withers, Murder on a Honeymoon gets in and does a grand job for entertainment purpose. The by-play between Oliver and Gleason is very precious, harking back to a cinematic time when actors attacked their roles with brio, and here the actors are helped by having humourist Benchley at the writing table. The mystery element is strong, and this even though we only have a small group of suspects, while the big reveal is a genuine surprise as the plot twists into crafty avenues.
Phsyical froth meets murder mystery shenanigans. Nice. 7/10
During a flight to Catalina Island a passenger falls sick and dies. Hildegard Withers (Oliver) smells a rat but has trouble convincing the authorities that murder is evident. Help is on the way, though, in the shape of Hildegard's side-kick, Inspector Oscar Piper (Gleason).
The third and last outing for Oliver as fun crime solver Hildegard Withers, Murder on a Honeymoon gets in and does a grand job for entertainment purpose. The by-play between Oliver and Gleason is very precious, harking back to a cinematic time when actors attacked their roles with brio, and here the actors are helped by having humourist Benchley at the writing table. The mystery element is strong, and this even though we only have a small group of suspects, while the big reveal is a genuine surprise as the plot twists into crafty avenues.
Phsyical froth meets murder mystery shenanigans. Nice. 7/10
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- Nov 27, 2013
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- Puzzle of the Pepper Tree
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- Runtime1 hour 14 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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