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The Penguin Pool Murder

5.9(19)19321h 10m2

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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Released
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Language
English
Part of Hildegarde Withers Mystery Collection · 6 films
  • infidelity
  • pickpocket
  • aquarium
  • homicide
  • amateur detective
  • deaf-mute
  • penguin
  • murder
  • stockbroker
  • pre-code
  • police investigation
  • murder investigation

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalNR9 Dec 1932
    • PhysicalNRDVD23 Jul 2013

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The Penguin Pool Murder was released on 9 December 1932.

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    CinemaSerf

    12/3/2023

    7/10

    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 his wife (Mae Clarke) has a boyfriend (Donald Cook), and that both were present at the time of death. Looks like a bit of …

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