Murders In The Zoo 1933 ★★★½ CC: pre-Code Horror [1:02:17]

Murders in the Zoo is a 1933 pre-Code horror film directed by A. Edward Sutherland, written by Philip Wylie and Seton I. Miller and starring Lionel Atwill. A Particularly dark film, even for its time. Film critic Leonard Maltin called it "astonishingly grisly." Plot: Dr. Gorman (Lionel Atwill) is a millionaire adventurer, traveling the world in search of dangerous game. His bored, beautiful, much younger wife (Kathleen Burke) 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...