So You Want to Be a Detective
Top 4 Billed Cast
Joe McDoakes (a.k.a. Phillip Snarlow)
Veronica Vacuum (uncredited)
Barroom Thug (uncredited)
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Overview
Joe McDoakes imagines himself as a private detective on a murder case. Throughout the film, he spars verbally with narrator Art Gilmore.
Release Date
1948-06-26
Average
6.8
Rating:
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