So You Want to Be a Detective

So You Want to Be a Detective (1948)


  • Genre: Comedy, Crime
  • Release Date: 1948-06-26
  • User Rating: 6.8/10 from 18 ratings
  • Runtime: 0h 11min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Richard L. Bare Productions
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Richard L. Bare
star 6.8/10
From 18 Ratings
6.9

Summary

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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  • George O'Hanlon

    as Joe McDoakes (a.k.a. Phillip Snarlow)
  • Art Gilmore

    as Narrator (voice)
  • Lila Leeds

    as Veronica Vacuum (uncredited)
  • Kit Guard

    as Barroom Thug (uncredited)
Editing Everett Sutherland Editor
Directing Richard L. Bare Director
Sound Francis J. Scheid Sound Designer
Writing Richard L. Bare Writer
Production Gordon Hollingshead Producer
Sound William Lava Original Music Composer
Writing David Swift Story
Camera Wesley Anderson Director of Photography

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