Murders in the Zoo

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Lionel Atwill and Kathleen Burke in Murders in the Zoo (1933)

A monomaniacal zoologist is pathologically jealous of his beautiful but unfaithful wife Evelyn and will not stop short of murder to keep her.A monomaniacal zoologist is pathologically jealous of his beautiful but unfaithful wife Evelyn and will not stop short of murder to keep her.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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6.4/10

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- 1 win total

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Charles Ruggles

Peter Yates
(as Charlie Ruggles)

Lionel Atwill

Eric Gorman

Gail Patrick

Jerry Evans

Randolph Scott

Dr. Jack Woodford

John Lodge

Roger Hewitt

Kathleen Burke

Evelyn Gorman

Harry Beresford

Professor G.A. Evans

Nancy Crowley

Little Girl at the Zoo
(uncredited)

Jane Darwell

Banquet Guest
(uncredited)

Samuel S. Hinds

Banquet Guest
(uncredited)

Carmencita Johnson

Little Girl at the Zoo
(uncredited)

Cullen Johnson

Little Boy at the Zoo
(uncredited)

Ethan Laidlaw

Policeman Reardon
(uncredited)

Howard Leeds

Telegraph Messenger
(uncredited)

Edward McWade

Dan Baker - Zoo Guard
(uncredited)

Bert Moorhouse

Apartment Desk Clerk
(uncredited)

Edward Pawley

Bob Taylor
(uncredited)

Lee Phelps

Banquet Photographer
(uncredited)
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Director
- A. Edward Sutherland
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Trivia
On its initial release, this film was banned in Germany, Sweden, Latvia, and Quebec, Canada. It could only be released with cuts in the United Kingdom, Australia, New York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Ontario.

Goofs
Gorman invites Hewitt to the benefit dinner, which he says will be on Thursday. Moments later, we see a printed invitation, which says "Wednesday".

Quotes
Eric Gorman: Mr. Gates, never be afraid of a wild animal. Let it alone, and it'll leave you alone. That's more than we can say of most humans.
Peter Yates: You mean that you really like these, eh?
Eric Gorman: Beasts? I love them. They're honest in their simplicity, their primative emotions... They love, they hate, they kill.

Connections
Featured in Svengoolie: Murders in the Zoo (2016)

Soundtracks
Roses from the South
(uncredited)
Written by Johann Strauss
Played as background music aboard ship

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8/10

Definitely worth a look!

While not on the creepy level of Edgar Ulmer's "The Black Cat", this film shows that a studio OTHER THAN Universal was trying to make horror films in the early thirties. I will agree that Charlie Ruggles' tipsy clowning tends to diffuse the genuine horror of the situation, but this seems to almost have been a requirement of horror films of thirties, as this same type of character is found in "Mystery of the Wax Museum", and "Doctor X", both films starring Lionel Atwill. Maybe they just wanted to offset Atwill's natural creepiness, eh? At any rate, A big kudos to MCA/Universal for even releasing this film on home video, and for using one of the most beautiful prints I've ever seen! Now, if we can just get them to put out MURDER BY THE CLOCK...