So You Want to Be a Detective

Overview

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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So You Want to Be a Detective

1948 6.8

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1956 2.0

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1947 5.7

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1950

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1950

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1948 4.5

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1955

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1947 5.5

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1952 2.0

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1951 3.0

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1947 5.8

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1942

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1948

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1955 5.0

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1954

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1949

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1951

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1956 4.0

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1955 8.5

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1952 5.0

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1949

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1948 4.7

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1953

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1946 6.0

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1948 5.0

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1953 6.0

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1946 6.0

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1945 4.0

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1950 5.7

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1953 5.0

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1942 4.0

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1956

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1946 6.0

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1947 4.3

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1948 5.7

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1950 4.0

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1951

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1952 6.0

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Cast

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

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