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Penguin Pool Murder ()

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Shady stockbroker and abusive husband Gerald Parker is found dead in the penguin pool of a NYC aquarium after being knocked cold by his wife's boyfriend.
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Miss Withers
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Barry Costello
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Oscar Piper
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Gwen Parker
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Philip Seymour
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Donovan
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Bertrand B. Hemingway (as Clarence H. Wilson)
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Fink
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Von Donnen (as Gustav Von Seyffertitz)
William Le Maire ...
MacDonald (as William LeMaire)
Joe Hermano ...
Chicago Lew
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Parker
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Telephone Operator
Wilfrid North ...
Judge
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Jailer Strauss (uncredited)
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Little Girl at Aquarium (uncredited)
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Policeman Jack - at Jail (uncredited)
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Parker's Secretary (uncredited)
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Isadore Marks - Student with Glasses (uncredited)
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Purse Snatching Victim at Aquarium (uncredited)

Directed by

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George Archainbaud

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Willis Goldbeck ... (screen play)
 
Stuart Palmer ... (from the novel by)
 
Lowell Brentano ... (a story by)

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Kenneth Macgowan ... associate producer (as Kenneth MacGowan)
David O. Selznick ... executive producer

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Henry W. Gerrard ... (photographed by) (as Henry Gerrard)

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Jack Kitchin ... film editor

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Fred Schuessler ... (uncredited)

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Ray Lissner ... assistant director (uncredited)
Robert Margolis ... assistant director (uncredited)

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Hugh McDowell Jr. ... recordist

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Harry Redmond Sr. ... special effects supervisor (uncredited)

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Willard Barth ... assistant camera (uncredited)
Fred Hendrickson ... still photographer (uncredited)
Russell Metty ... camera operator (uncredited)

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Dick Stockton ... casting assistant (uncredited)

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Max Steiner ... music director / composer: title music (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

The body of unscrupulous stockbroker Gerald Parker suddenly appears in the penguin tank at the aquarium. Naturally, suspicion falls on his wife and her boyfriend, who were present. Inspector Piper investigates with the unsolicited aid of teacher Hildegard Withers, a witness who's taken an interest in the case; Piper develops a grudging respect for Miss Withers' acumen (and sharp tongue), as they search among the red herrings for the aquarium killer... Written by Rod Crawford

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Taglines A School-marm from Iowa Solves a Crime That Stumped the Police (Print ad- Elmira Star-Gazette ((Elmira, N. Y.)) 13 February 1933) See more »
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Also Known As
  • The Penguin Pool Murder (United States)
  • The Penguin Pool Mystery (United Kingdom)
  • Un meurtre chez les pingouins (France)
  • Asesinato en el acuario (Spain)
  • Mysteriet i pingvinhuset (Denmark)
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  • 70 min
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Trivia The New York Aquarium, where the Penguin Pool Murder is set, was located on the southern tip of Manhattan in Battery Park from 1896 until it was closed in 1941. It has been located in Coney Island since 1957. See more »
Goofs The boom's shadow appears on a column behind Edna May Oliver when Miss Withers is looking through the aquarium at night. See more »
Movie Connections Followed by Murder on the Blackboard (1934). See more »
Quotes Hildegard Withers: [to telephone operator who is putting on thick make-up] Now that you've got your disguise on, I would like to ask you a few questions. That is if you talk through all that make-up.
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