Comedy ·Mystery · United States of America · 1932 · 1h 10m

The Penguin Pool Murder

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Director
George Archainbaud
Cast
Edna May Oliver as Hildegarde Withers James Gleason as Police Insp. Oscar Piper Robert Armstrong as Barry Costello Mae Clarke as Gwen Parker Donald Cook as Philip Seymour Edgar Kennedy as Officer Donovan
Crew
Henry W. Gerrard — Director of Photography Jack Kitchin — Editor Willis Goldbeck — Screenplay Stuart Palmer — Novel Lowell Brentano — Story
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.

Mood & Themes
infidelitypickpocketaquariumhomicideamateur detectivedeaf-mutepenguinmurderstockbrokerpre-codepolice investigationmurder investigation
Key Collaborators
George Archainbaud Director Henry W. Gerrard Director of Photography Jack Kitchin Editor Willis Goldbeck Screenplay Stuart Palmer Novel Lowell Brentano Story
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