The Penguin Pool Murder

Dec 9, 1932

1h 10m

★ 5.6

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.

Genres

Comedy

Mystery

Romance

Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

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Cast

Miss Hildegarde Martha Withers

Edna May Oliver

Barry Costello

Robert Armstrong

Police Inspector Oscar Piper

James Gleason

Gwen Parker

Mae Clarke

Philip Seymour

Donald Cook

Officer Donovan

Edgar Kennedy

Bertrand B. Hemingway

Clarence Wilson

Security Guard Fink

James Donlan

Von Donnen / Dr. Max Bloom

Gustav von Seyffertitz

MacDonald

William Le Maire

Chicago Lew

Joe Hermano

Parker

Guy Usher

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