Murders in the Zoo (1933)
Murders in the Zoo (1933)
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Plot.
Dr. Gorman is a millionaire adventurer, traveling the world in search of dangerous game. His bored, beautiful, much younger wife entertains herself in the arms of other men. In turn, Gorman uses his animals to kill these men. When a New York City zoo suggests a fundraising gala, Gorman sees a prime opportunity to dispatch the dashing Roger and anyone else who might cross him.
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Cast & Crew.
Charles Ruggles
Peter Yates
Lionel Atwill
Eric Gorman
Gail Patrick
Jerry Evans
Randolph Scott
Dr. Jack Woodford
Kathleen Burke
Evelyn Gorman
A. Edward Sutherland
Director
Harry Beresford
G.A. Evans
Philip Wylie
Writer
Jane Darwell
Banquet Guest (uncredited)
Seton I. Miller
Writer
Milton Herbert Gropper
Writer
Nancy Crowley
Little Girl at the Zoo (Uncredited)
Ernest Haller
Cinematographer
Samuel S. Hinds
Banquet Guest (Uncredited)
Carmencita Johnson
Little Girl at the Zoo (Uncredited)
John Lodge
Roger Hewitt
Ethan Laidlaw
Policeman Reardon (Uncredited)
Howard Leeds
Telegraph Messenger (Uncredited)
Edward McWade
Dan Baker (Uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse
Apartment Desk Clerk (Uncredited)
Edward Pawley
Bob Taylor (Uncredited)
Lee Phelps
Banquet Photographer / Zoo Guard (Uncredited)
Cyril Ring
Banquet Guest (Uncredited)
Syd Saylor
Brad (Uncredited)
Charlie Schneider
Little Boy (Uncredited)
Buster Slaven
Little Boy at the Zoo (Uncredited)
Phillips Smalley
Banquet Guest (Uncredited)
Edwin Stanley
Doctor (Uncredited)
Jerry Tucker
Little Boy at the Zoo (Uncredited)
Florence Wix
Ship Passenger in Deck Chair (Uncredited)
Duke York
Seamen (Uncredited)
Rudolph G. Kopp
Original Music Composer
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Murders in the Zoo is a 1933 pre-Code horror film directed by A. Edward Sutherland, written by Philip Wylie and Seton I. Miller. Particularly dark, even for its time, film critic Leonard Maltin called the film "astonishingly grisly."