gerald parker be find dead in the penguin pool of a local aquarium . who do it . be it his unhappy and unfaithful wife . the man who love her . the curator of the aquarium who want bankrupt because of him . schoolteacher hildegarde withers ( edna may oliver ) and inspector piper ( james gleason ) team up to find out . it creaky in spot and some of the acting be bad but and all in all and this be an enjoyable murder comedy . the script be quick with some very funny and sarcastic and somewhat suggestive line . the identity of the murderer wasn not obvious ( to me at least ) but afterwords i realize everything point to him . a i say and some of the acting be bad ( mae clarke need serious act lesson and the guy play phillip and her husband be wooden ) but the main role be play great . oliver ( a wonderful character actress ) be letter perfect a withers and gleason be just great a gruff inspector piper . these two have wonderful chemistry together and interplay between them be just great . also there some ( mild ) sexual tension between them which just add to the fun . the first of rko picture very short live hildegarde withers series . only three have oliver in them . i would love to see the other two .