Lionel Atwill
Eric Gorman
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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.
- (1.8K)
- Crime, Horror
- A. Edward Sutherland
- 1933-03-31
Release date. March 31, 1933 (1933-03-31) Country. United States [ 1 ] 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."
Subject: Odd Mix of Horror, Comedy, and Mystery. MURDERS IN THE ZOO is an odd little film, a mixture of horror, comedy, and mystery, with the occasional thrill. Lionel Atwill is his usual evil self, and Randolph Scott's career was just taking off. Kathleen Burke as Atwill's wife is good, and she has eyes that Hollywood loved.
- 62 min
- 6.3K
- BERTUS856
Film Length. 7 reels. Millionaire zoologist Eric Gorman, overcome with suspicions about his wife's fidelity, murders her suspected lover, Bob Taylor, by sewing his mouth shut and leaving him helpless in a jungle in Indochina. An Indochinese later reports to Gorman, who pretends to be shocked, that Taylor was found to have been eaten by tigers.
- Edward Sutherland
- Charles Ruggles
Synopsis. Dr. Gorman is a millionaire adventurer, traveling the world in search of dangerous game. His bored, beautiful, much younger wife entertains herself in the arms of other men. In turn, Gorman uses his animals to kill these men. When a New York City zoo suggests a fundraising gala, Gorman sees a prime opportunity to dispatch the dashing ...
- 62 min
Director. Philip Wylie. Writer. Seton I. Miller. Writer. Dr. Gorman is a millionaire adventurer, traveling the world in search of dangerous game. His bored, beautiful, much younger wife entertains herself in the arms of other men. In turn, Gorman uses his animals to kill these men. When a New York City zoo suggests a fundraising gala, Gorman ...
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Murders in the Zoo. Released Mar 1, 1933 1h 6m Horror. List. 71% Tomatometer 7 Reviews. 54% Audience Score 50+ Ratings. Dr. Gorman (Lionel Atwill) is a millionaire adventurer, traveling the world ...
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