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So You Want to Be a Detective (1948)

6.8/10 0h 11m Jun 26, 1948
Comedy Crime

Joe McDoakes imagines himself as a private detective on a murder case. Throughout the film, he spars verbally with narrator Art Gilmore.

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Movie Details

Original Title So You Want to Be a Detective
Original Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.1

Cast

George O'Hanlon
George O'Hanlon
Joe McDoakes (a.k.a. Phillip Snarlow)
Popularity: 0.5
Art Gilmore
Art Gilmore
Narrator (voice)
Popularity: 0.8
Lila Leeds
Lila Leeds
Veronica Vacuum (uncredited)
Popularity: 0.9
Kit Guard
Kit Guard
Barroom Thug (uncredited)
Popularity: 0.1

Key Crew

Writer Richard L. Bare
Director Richard L. Bare
Producer Gordon Hollingshead
Editor Everett Sutherland

Production

Richard L. Bare Productions

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Backdrops
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Keywords

detective narration private detective short film

Reviews from TMDB

talisencrw 8/10
Aug 4, 2016

This short film, an extra from my blu of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre' is one of the better Richard Bare-directed 'Joe McDoakes' comedic shorts. Like Leonard Maltin states in his introduction to the 1948 'Warner Night at the Movies' that Warner Bros. attempts to recreate with this (as well as t ... Read more

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Rating
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Based on 18 votes

Details
Release Date June 26, 1948
Runtime 0h 11m
Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.1
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