The Penguin Pool Murder (1932)

Movie Details

Original Title The Penguin Pool Murder

Original Language EN

Status Released

Popularity 2.2

Cast

Edna May Oliver

Hildegarde Withers

Popularity: 0.1

James Gleason

Police Insp. Oscar Piper

Popularity: 0.7

Robert Armstrong

Barry Costello

Popularity: 0.5

Mae Clarke

Gwen Parker

Popularity: 0.3

Donald Cook

Philip Seymour

Popularity: 0.2

Edgar Kennedy

Officer Donovan

Popularity: 0.3

Clarence Wilson

Bertrand B. Hemingway

Popularity: 0.1

James Donlan

Security Guard Fink

Popularity: 0.0

Gustav von Seyffertitz

Von Donnen

Popularity: 0.3

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William Le Maire

MacDonald

Popularity: 0.0

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Joe Hermano

Chicago Lew

Guy Usher

Parker

Popularity: 0.1

Key Crew

Director George Archainbaud

Screenplay Willis Goldbeck

Executive Producer David O. Selznick

Editor Jack Kitchin

Production

RKO Radio Pictures

Videos & Trailers

Penguin Pool Murder (Preview Clip)

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Keywords

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Reviews from TMDB

CinemaSerf 7/10

Dec 3, 2023

There is something Marple-esque about Edna May Oliver's portrayal of the meticulous, no-nonsense, schoolteacher "Miss Withers". There's also something hideous about some of the fish in the aquarium where the police discover the corpse of the pretty universally disliked "Parker". It turns out that hi ... Read more