Penguin Pool Murder (1932)
1h 10m
Running Time
December 9, 1932Release Date
Penguin Pool Murder (1932)
1h 10m
Running Time
December 9, 1932Release Date
Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.
Edna May Oliver
Miss Withers
Robert Armstrong
Barry Costello
James Gleason
Oscar Piper
Mae Clarke
Gwen Parker
Donald Cook
Philip Seymour
Edgar Kennedy
Donovan
Clarence Wilson
Bertrand B. Hemingway
James Donlan
Fink
Gustav von Seyffertitz
Von Donnen
William Le Maire
MacDonald
Joe Hermano
Chicago Lew
Guy Usher
Parker
George Archainbaud
Director
Willis Goldbeck
Writer
Rochelle Hudson
Telephone Operator
Wilfrid North
Judge
Stuart Palmer
Writer
Sidney Miller
Student with Glasses Isadore Marks (uncredited)
Lowell Brentano
Writer
A.S. Byron
Jailer Strauss (uncredited)
Henry W. Gerrard
Cinematographer
Edith Fellows
Little Girl at Aquarium (uncredited)
Jack Kitchin
Editor
Chuck Hamilton
Jack, Policeman (uncredited) / Stunts
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 9, 1932
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 10m
Content RatingNR
Genres
Wiki.
The Penguin Pool Murder is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy/mystery film starring Edna May Oliver as Hildegarde Withers, a witness in a murder case at the New York Aquarium, with James Gleason as the police inspector in charge of the case, who investigates with her unwanted help, and Robert Armstrong as an attorney representing Mae Clarke, the wife of the victim. Oliver's appearance was the first film appearance of the character of Hildegarde Withers, the schoolteacher and sleuth based on the character from the 1931 novel The Penguin Pool Murder by Stuart Palmer. It is the first in a trilogy including Murder on the Blackboard, and Murder on a Honeymoon, in which Oliver and Gleason team up for the lead roles.
Hildegarde Withers Mystery Collection.
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