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The Penguin Pool Murder (1932)

5.9(18)1h 10mDecember 9, 1932

George Archainbaud

Director

Lowell Brentano, Willis Goldbeck

Writers

Rate

Diary

Overview

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.

Cast

Edna May Oliver

Hildegarde Withers

James Gleason

Police Insp. Oscar Piper

Robert Armstrong

Barry Costello

Mae Clarke

Gwen Parker

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Donald Cook

Philip Seymour

Edgar Kennedy

Officer Donovan

Clarence Wilson

Bertrand B. Hemingway

James Donlan

Security Guard Fink

Gustav von Seyffertitz

Von Donnen

Guy Usher

Parker

Rochelle Hudson

Telephone Operator

Wilfrid North

Judge

Edith Fellows

Little Girl at Aquarium (uncredited)

Chuck Hamilton

Jack, Policeman (uncredited)

Mary Mason

Parker's Secretary (uncredited)

Sidney Miller

Isadore Marks (uncredited)

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Status: Released
Original language: English
Release date: December 9, 1932
Production: RKO Radio Pictures
Country: United States of America

Keywords

infidelitypickpocketaquariumhomicideamateur detectivedeaf-mutepenguinmurderstockbrokerpre-codepolice investigationmurder investigationschoolteacherpolice inspectorfalse arrestamateur sleuthpurse snatcher

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