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Key Details

Release StatusReleased
Release Date1932-12-09
Languageen
Runtime1h 10m
Production

RKO Radio Pictures

5.9(19)
•1932•1h 10m

The Penguin Pool Murder

ComedyMystery

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.

Writing & Screenplay
Willis Goldbeck
Cinematography
Henry W. Gerrard

Principal Cast

20 credited
Edna May Oliver
Edna May OliverHildegarde Withers
James Gleason
James GleasonPolice Insp. Oscar Piper
Robert Armstrong
Robert ArmstrongBarry Costello
Mae Clarke
Mae ClarkeGwen Parker
Donald Cook
Donald CookPhilip Seymour
Edgar Kennedy
Edgar KennedyOfficer Donovan
Clarence Wilson
Clarence WilsonBertrand B. Hemingway
James Donlan
James DonlanSecurity Guard Fink
Gustav von Seyffertitz
Gustav von SeyffertitzVon Donnen
WL
William Le MaireMacDonald
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