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The Penguin Pool Murder

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The Penguin Pool Murder

5.6

1h 10m

1932

Synopsis

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.

Director

George Archainbaud

ComedyMystery

infidelitypickpocketaquariumhomicideamateur detectivedeaf-mutepenguinmurderstockbrokerpre-codepolice investigationmurder investigation

Cast & Crew

Edna May Oliver

Edna May Oliver

as Hildegarde Withers

James Gleason

James Gleason

as Police Insp. Oscar Piper

Robert Armstrong

Robert Armstrong

as Barry Costello

Mae Clarke

Mae Clarke

as Gwen Parker

Donald Cook

Donald Cook

as Philip Seymour

Edgar Kennedy

Edgar Kennedy

as Officer Donovan

Clarence Wilson

Clarence Wilson

as Bertrand B. Hemingway

James Donlan

James Donlan

as Security Guard Fink

Gustav von Seyffertitz

Gustav von Seyffertitz

as Von Donnen

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