Murders in the Zoo

Director: A. Edward Sutherland, Edward Sutherland A. Edward Sutherland

Overview

Insanely jealous of his wife, wealthy zoologist Lionel Atwill uses his knowledge of animals to dispose of any would-be rivals. When his wife gathers up enough evidence to go to the police, Atwill unceremoniously dumps her in the zoo's alligator pit. However, a young animal specialist suspects foul play.

Product Details

Release Date:	09/27/2013
UPC:	0025192049972
Original Release:	1933
Rating:	NR
Source:	ALLIED VAUGHN
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[B&W]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language:	English
Time:	1:06:00
Sales rank:	6,826

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Lionel Atwill	Eric Gorman, Zoologist
Kathleen Burke	Evelyn Gorman
Charlie Ruggles	Peter Yates, Zoo Press Agent
John Lodge	Roger Hewitt
Gail Patrick	Jerry Evans
Randolph Scott	Dr. Woodford, Zoo Toxicologist
Harry Beresford	Professor Evans, Zoo Curator
Edward McWade	Dan
Jane Darwell	Actor

Technical Credits

Philip Wylie

Seton Miller

A. Edward Sutherland	Director,Director
Philip Wylie	Screenwriter
Seton Miller	Screenwriter

Editorial Reviews

One of the better low-budget horror films of the 1930s, Murders in the Zoo holds up better than many of its contemporaries, and it offers a great chance to catch Lionel Atwill at the peak of his villainy, playing a nasty animal trapper who is definitely the jealous type. He sews a guy's lips shut in the jungle, then comes back to an American zoo and starts injecting mamba poison into his wife's suitors with a snake's severed head. Charlie Ruggles is the comic-relief press agent, but even his antics don't detract from what is -- for its time -- a pretty nasty piece of work. People are thrown into alligator pits, crushed to death by pythons, and there's a really icky snake bite on display as well.