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The Penguin Pool Murder(1932)

5.9(18)
1h 10m
1932-12-09

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.

Keywords

infidelitypickpocketaquariumhomicideamateur detective
deaf-mute
penguin
murder
stockbroker
pre-code
police investigation
murder investigation
schoolteacher
police inspector
false arrest
amateur sleuth
purse snatcher

Collection: Hildegarde Withers Mystery Collection

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Top Cast

Edna May Oliver
Edna May Oliver
Hildegarde Withers
James Gleason
James Gleason
Police Insp. Oscar Piper
Robert Armstrong
Robert Armstrong
Barry Costello
Mae Clarke
Mae Clarke
Gwen Parker
Donald Cook
Donald Cook
Philip Seymour
Edgar Kennedy
Edgar Kennedy
Officer Donovan
Clarence Wilson
Clarence Wilson
Bertrand B. Hemingway
James Donlan
James Donlan
Security Guard Fink
Gustav von Seyffertitz
Gustav von Seyffertitz
Von Donnen
No Photo
William Le Maire
MacDonald
No Photo
Joe Hermano
Chicago Lew
Guy Usher
Guy Usher
Parker
Rochelle Hudson
Rochelle Hudson
Telephone Operator
Wilfrid North
Wilfrid North
Judge
No Photo
A.S. Byron
Jailer Strauss (uncredited)