The Penguin Pool Murder

1932·Movie

·1h 10min·

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About

New York schoolmarm Hildegarde Withers assists a detective when a body of unscrupulous stockbroker Gerald Parker suddenly appears in the penguin tank at the aquarium.

1930s MysteryAmateur DetectiveAquarium SettingWisecracking DialogueLighthearted CrimeNostalgic CharmEarly CinemaPenguin Antics

Actors

Edna May Oliver

Miss Hildegarde Martha Withers

Robert Armstrong

Barry Costello

James Gleason

Police Inspector Oscar Piper

Mae Clarke

Gwen Parker

Donald Cook

Philip Seymour

Edgar Kennedy

Officer Donovan

Clarence Wilson

Bertrand B. Hemingway

James Donlan

Security Guard Fink

Gustav von Seyffertitz

Von Donnen / Dr. Max Bloom

Guy Usher

Parker

Rochelle Hudson

Telephone Operator

Wilfrid North

Judge

Sidney Miller

Student with Glasses Isadore Marks (uncredited)

Edith Fellows

Little Girl at Aquarium (uncredited)

Mary Mason

Parker's Secretary (uncredited)

Dorothy Vernon

Purse Snatching Victim at Aquarium (uncredited)

Crew

Directed by:

George Archainbaud, Robert Margolis, Ray Lissner

Written by:

Willis Goldbeck, Stuart Palmer, Lowell Brentano

Produced by:

David O. Selznick, Fred Schuessler, Kenneth Macgowan

Composed by:

Hugh McDowell Jr., Max Steiner

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