So You Want to Be a Detective

So You Want to Be a Detective

6.8
0h 11m
1948
ComedyCrime

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

Cast & Crew

Richard L. Bare

Director

Richard L. Bare

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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19466.5

So You Want to Play the Horses

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So You Want to Keep Your Hair

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19466.6

So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck

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19475.8

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So You Want to Be in Pictures

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19476.3

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19476.4

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19485.9

So You Want an Apartment

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19485.6

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19486.0

So You Want to Build a House

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19486.8Watching

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194810.0

So You Want to Be in Politics

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19486.3

So You Want to Be on the Radio

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194910.0

So You Want to Be a Baby Sitter

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19498.0

So You Want to Be Popular

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So You Want to Be a Muscle Man

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194910.0

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19498.0

So You Want to Get Rich Quick

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19507.0

So You Want to Throw a Party

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19506.1

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19509.0

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19508.0

So You Want to Move

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19519.0

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19515.7

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19526.3

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19529.0

So You Want to Go to a Convention

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19526.7

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19539.0

So You Want to Be a Musician

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19538.0

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195310.0

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19536.5

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So You Want to Be an Heir

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19547.0

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19549.0

So You Want to Go to a Nightclub

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So You're Taking in a Roomer

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195410.0

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19557.3

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19556.3

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19559.0

So You Want to Be on a Jury

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19557.0

So You Want a Model Railroad

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19558.8

So You Want to Be a V.P.

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19557.0

So You Want to Be a Policeman

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19567.0

So You Think the Grass Is Greener

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19564.0

So You Want to Be Pretty

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19566.3

So You Want to Play the Piano

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19567.3

So Your Wife Wants to Work

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