The Penguin Pool Murder

NR
1h 10m
1932
5.469 /10 (16)

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.

Country : United States of America
Languages : English
Released Date: 1932-12-09

Top Billed Cast

Edna May Oliver

Hildegarde Withers

James Gleason

Police Insp. Oscar Piper

Robert Armstrong

Barry Costello

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

William Le Maire

MacDonald

Joe Hermano

Chicago Lew

Guy Usher

Parker

Rochelle Hudson

Telephone Operator

Wilfrid North

Judge

A.S. Byron

Jailer Strauss (uncredited)

Edith Fellows

Little Girl at Aquarium (uncredited)

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