1932

1h 10m

5.6(13 votes)

Comedy

Mystery

Romance

Overview

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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Cast & Crew

20 members

Acting

Edna May Oliver

Miss Hildegarde Martha Withers

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Robert Armstrong

Barry Costello

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James Gleason

Police Inspector Oscar Piper

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Mae Clarke

Gwen Parker

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Donald Cook

Philip Seymour

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Edgar Kennedy

Officer Donovan

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Clarence Wilson

Bertrand B. Hemingway

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James Donlan

Security Guard Fink

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Gustav von Seyffertitz

Von Donnen / Dr. Max Bloom

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William Le Maire

MacDonald

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Joe Hermano

Chicago Lew

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Guy Usher

Parker

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Rochelle Hudson

Telephone Operator

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Wilfrid North

Judge

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Sidney Miller

Student with Glasses Isadore Marks (uncredited)

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A.S. Byron

Jailer Strauss (uncredited)

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Edith Fellows

Little Girl at Aquarium (uncredited)

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Chuck Hamilton

Jack, Policeman (uncredited)

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Mary Mason

Parker's Secretary (uncredited)

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Dorothy Vernon

Purse Snatching Victim at Aquarium (uncredited)

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