It falls on the police Inspector Piper (James Gleason) to try and unravel the mystery though the school teacher Hilda Withers (Edna May Oliver) seems to have more idea than the police. So this is basically a neat little Golden Age mystery with all of the common ingredients (plenty of murder suspects, bumbling police and a keen amateur).
It is a fun romp with a good cast. Gleason and Oliver make a good double act with plenty of good one-liners. What elevates the film to another level is the setting, the penguins are little stars.
