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Murder on a Honeymoon (1935) is a mystery film starring Edna May Oliver and James Gleason. This was the third and last time Oliver portrayed astute schoolteacher Hildegarde Withers, who in this film witnesses the death of an airplane passenger. The film was based on the novel The Puzzle of the Pepper Tree by Stuart Palmer. On a short flight to Catalina Island off the California coast, a passenger on a seaplane calling himself Roswell T. Forrest (Brooks Benedict) gets sick. Hildegarde Withers and the others aboard are startled when he is found dead upon landing. It appears to be murder to... MORE

Murder on a Honeymoon (1935) is a mystery film starring Edna May Oliver and James Gleason. This was the third and last time Oliver portrayed astute schoolteacher Hildegarde Withers, who in this film witnesses the death of an airplane passenger. The film was based on the novel The Puzzle of the Pepper Tree by Stuart Palmer. On a short flight to Catalina Island off the California coast, a passenger on a seaplane calling himself Roswell T. Forrest (Brooks Benedict) gets sick. Hildegarde Withers and the others aboard are startled when he is found dead upon landing. It appears to be murder to Miss Withers, but she has a tough time convincing local Police Chief Britt (Spencer Charters) and coroner Dr. O'Rourke (Arthur Hoyt). When she contacts her friend, Police Inspector Oscar Piper (James Gleason), for more information about the deceased, he recognizes the name: the man was a vital witness in a case against a crime syndicate and had a price on his head of $10,000. He flies from New York to assist her in investigating the case. When he arrives, the pair argue over which of the people aboard the plane is the killer: Withers suspects poisoning (Forrest had been given a drink, a cigarette, LESS