A monomaniacal zoologist is pathologically jealous of his beautiful but unfaithful wife Evelyn and will not stop short of murder to keep her.
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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Charles Ruggles | ... | Peter Yates (as Charlie Ruggles) | |
| Lionel Atwill | ... | Eric Gorman | |
| Gail Patrick | ... | Jerry Evans | |
| Randolph Scott | ... | Dr. Jack Woodford | |
| John Lodge | ... | Roger Hewitt | |
| Kathleen Burke | ... | Evelyn Gorman | |
| Harry Beresford | ... | Professor G.A. Evans | |
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Eric Gorman returns with his wife Evelyn from a trip to the Orient collecting zoo animals, having killed a member of his expedition who happened one day to kiss Mrs. Gorman. On board ship Evelyn meets Roger Hewitt, who falls in love with her. After delivering his animals to the zoo, Gorman plots a way to dispose of Hewitt using one of his latest specimens, then continues using the zoo's non-human residents to do his beastly work. Written by Ron Kerrigan <mvg@whidbey.com>
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
31 March 1933 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Murder at the Zoo See more »Filming Locations:
Selig Mission Zoo - 3800 Mission Road, Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Company Credits
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(uncredited)
Music by Ralph Rainger
Lyrics by Leo Robin
Hummed and sung a cappella by Charles Ruggles
Played as background music at the end
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Working title: "Murder at the Zoo" See more »Goofs
When Gorman returns from Indo-China, at least one lion is visible among his catch. Lions have never been indigenous to Southeastern Asia. See more »Quotes
Eric Gorman: [to his wife] You don't think I sat there all evening with an eight-foot mamba in my pocket?See more »
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Please(uncredited)
Music by Ralph Rainger
Lyrics by Leo Robin
Hummed and sung a cappella by Charles Ruggles
Played as background music at the end
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This seldom-seen hidden gem features the sadistic Lionel Atwill at his evil best. As a jealous zoologist, he resorts to drastic measures by using his animals to kill any man who makes a play for his luscious wife (Kathleen Burke, the panther woman from ISLAND OF LOST SOULS, who exudes exotic beauty). There are some pretty "extreme" methods of dealing death for such an early film, utilizing snakes, alligators and one pretty horrific sequence involving "sewing".
The only wrench in the works is the maddeningly unfunny comedian, Charlie Ruggles (who even gets top billing!) who's like a consistent thorn in the side of the movie whenever he pops in every now and then. I'm not one for altering original films under any circumstances, but I may make a unique exception in this case to excise all of this idiot's scenes. Luckily, the movie still emerges as an easy and enjoyable 62 minutes if you ignore Ruggles and savor the main plot of a green-eyed husband making people pay. *** out of ****