Hard Boiled Mahoney(1947)
They're tip-top snoopers in the tip-toe racket!
Sach just lost his job as an assistant to a private detective, but he wasn't paid. Slip goes with him down to the detective's office to demand payment, but finds the office empty. A woman enters the office and mistakes Slip for the detective and convinces him to take on a case to find her sister after offering a $50 retainer.
Movie: Hard Boiled Mahoney
Top 10 Billed Cast
Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Horace Debussy 'Sach' Jones
Selena Webster
Gabe
Eleanor Williams
Whitey
Bobby
Chuck
Louie
Dr. Armand
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Sach just lost his job as an assistant to a private detective, but he wasn't paid. Slip goes with him down to the detective's office to demand payment, but finds the office empty. A woman enters the office and mistakes Slip for the detective and convinces him to take on a case to find her sister after offering a $50 retainer.
Release Date
1947-05-10
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6.4
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3.2 startsTagline
They're tip-top snoopers in the tip-toe racket!
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