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Penguin Pool Murder

Penguin Pool Murder (1932)

Comedy | 70 minutes
3,09 11 votes

Genre: Comedy / Drama

Duration: 70 minuten

Alternative title: The Penguin Pool Mystery

Country: United States

Directed by: George Archainbaud

Stars: Edna May Oliver, Robert Armstrong and James Gleason

IMDb score: 6,9 (1.701)

Releasedate: 9 December 1932

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Penguin Pool Murder plot

The lifeless body of unscrupulous stockbroker Gerald Parker is discovered in the New York Aquarium's penguin aquarium. Suspicion falls on his wife and her boyfriend. Police Inspector Oscar Piper investigates the murder. He gets unsolicited help from Miss Hildegarde Withers, an astute teacher who didn't fall for her mouth.

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Edna May Oliver Edna May Oliver

Miss Hildegarde Martha Withers

Robert Armstrong Robert Armstrong

Barry Costello

James Gleason James Gleason

Police Inspector Oscar Piper

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 / Dr. Max Bloom

William Le Maire William Le Maire

MacDonald

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