Lionel Atwill
Eric Gorman
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Murders in the Zoo is a 1933 pre-Code horror film directed by A. Edward Sutherland, written by Philip Wylie and Seton I. Miller. Particularly dark, even for its time, film critic Leonard Maltin called the film "astonishingly grisly." [2] Plot.
Murders in the Zoo: Directed by A. Edward Sutherland. With Charles Ruggles, Lionel Atwill, Gail Patrick, Randolph Scott. A monomaniacal zoologist is pathologically jealous of his beautiful but unfaithful wife Evelyn and will not stop short of murder to keep her.
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- Crime, Horror
- A. Edward Sutherland
- 1933-03-31
Gorman returns to the United States with a menagerie of wild animals to be housed in the zoo. He commissions the zoo's laboratory doctor, Jack Woodford, and Jack's assistant and fiancée Jerry Evans, daughter of the head of the zoo, to find an antitoxin for the mamba, a deadly snake.
- Edward Sutherland
- Charles Ruggles
Murders in the Zoo. Dr. Gorman (Lionel Atwill) is a millionaire adventurer, traveling the world in search of dangerous game. His bored, beautiful, much younger wife (Kathleen Burke)...
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- Lionel Atwill
- A. Edward Sutherland
- Paramount
Oct 22, 2013 · One particular terrible beast is Dr. Eric Gorman (segues!), a millionaire big game hunter who spends his vacations hunting animals to sell to his hometown zoo. He takes his wife, Evelyn, along with him, and uses his downtime from hunting lions to hunt any man who gives her so much as a sideways glance.
Nov 17, 2023 · Summary. Director A. Edward Sutherland’s Murders in the Zoo remains a compelling and atmospheric horror-thriller and is a gem of the pre-Code era that skillfully blends elements of crime, horror, and animalistic terror to deliver a chilling and thought-provoking cinematic experience.
