So You Want to Be a Detective So You Want to Be a Detective
So You Want to Be a Detective
1948 · 11 min
So You Want to Be a Detective
1948 · 11 min
6.8
18 Votes
Comedy/Crime
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Joe McDoakes imagines himself as a private detective on a murder case. Throughout the film, he spars verbally with narrator Art Gilmore.
Cast
George O'Hanlon
George O'Hanlon
as Joe McDoakes (a.k.a. Phillip Snarlow)
Art Gilmore
Art Gilmore
as Narrator (voice)
Lila Leeds
Lila Leeds
as Veronica Vacuum (uncredited)
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