So You Want to Be a Detective (1948)
06/26/1948 (US) • 11m
Comedy, Crime
Overview
Joe McDoakes imagines himself as a private detective on a murder case. Throughout the film, he spars verbally with narrator Art Gilmore.
Top Billed Cast
George O'Hanlon
Joe McDoakes (a.k.a. Phillip Snarlow)
Art Gilmore
Narrator (voice)
Lila Leeds
Veronica Vacuum (uncredited)
Kit Guard
Barroom Thug (uncredited)
Part of the So You Want... Collection
Includes So You Want to Be a Detective, So You Want to Be Pretty, So You Want to Hold Your Wife
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