The Penguin Pool Murder

The Penguin Pool Murder

The Penguin Pool Murder

5.6/ 10

TMDB Rating

17

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1932

Release Year

70 min

Runtime

Comedy

Mystery

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.

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Keywords

infidelity

pickpocket

aquarium

homicide

amateur detective

deaf-mute

penguin

murder

stockbroker

pre-code

police investigation

murder investigation

schoolteacher

police inspector

false arrest

amateur sleuth

purse snatcher

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

William Le Maire

MacDonald

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7.0avg rating

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

December 3, 2023

7

7/10

There is something Marple-esque about Edna May Oliver's portrayal of the meticulous, no-nonsense, schoolteacher "Miss Withers". There's also something hideous about some of the fish in the aquarium where the police discover the corpse of the pretty universally disliked "Parker". It turns out that hi…

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