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The Penguin Pool Murder

The Penguin Pool Murder

Part of Hildegarde Withers Mystery Collection

1932•1h 10m•5.6/10
ComedyMystery

Ratings

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5.6/10(17)

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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Production

RKO Radio Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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

Joe Hermano

Chicago Lew

Guy Usher

Guy Usher

Parker

Rochelle Hudson

Rochelle Hudson

Telephone Operator

Wilfrid North

Wilfrid North

Judge

A.S. Byron

Jailer Strauss (uncredited)

Edith Fellows

Edith Fellows

Little Girl at Aquarium (uncredited)

Chuck Hamilton

Chuck Hamilton

Jack, Policeman (uncredited)

Mary Mason

Mary Mason

Parker's Secretary (uncredited)

Sidney Miller

Sidney Miller

Isadore Marks (uncredited)

Dorothy Vernon

Dorothy Vernon

Purse Snatching Victim at Aquarium (uncredited)

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