The read
It runs a compact 1h 10m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
19 audience votes
Key crew
- George ArchainbaudDirector
- Willis GoldbeckScreenplay
- Max SteinerOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Edna May OliverHildegarde Withers
- James GleasonPolice Insp. Oscar Piper
- Robert ArmstrongBarry Costello
- Mae ClarkeGwen Parker
- Donald CookPhilip Seymour
- Edgar KennedyOfficer Donovan
- Clarence WilsonBertrand B. Hemingway
- James DonlanSecurity Guard Fink
- Gustav von SeyffertitzVon Donnen
- William Le MaireMacDonald
- Joe HermanoChicago Lew
- Guy UsherParker
Stills
Themes
infidelitypickpocketaquariumhomicideamateur detectivedeaf-mutepenguinmurderstockbrokerpre-codepolice investigationmurder investigation