Top billed cast

1. 

   Edna May Oliver

   Hildegarde Withers

2. 

   James Gleason

   Police Insp. Oscar Piper

3. 

   Robert Armstrong

   Barry Costello

4. 

   Mae Clarke

   Gwen Parker

5. 

   Donald Cook

   Philip Seymour

6. 

   Edgar Kennedy

   Officer Donovan

7. 

   Clarence Wilson

   Bertrand B. Hemingway

8. 

   James Donlan

   Security Guard Fink

9. 

   Gustav von Seyffertitz

   Von Donnen

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-12-03

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 a no-brainer for "Insp. Piper" (James Gleason) but his chance meeting with the razor-sharp mind of the prim and proper "Withers" soon makes him think again. Despite his initially p...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• infidelity
• pickpocket
• aquarium
• homicide
• amateur detective
• deaf-mute
• penguin
• murder
• stockbroker
• pre-code
• police investigation
• murder investigation
• schoolteacher
• police inspector
• false arrest
• amateur sleuth
• purse snatcher