So You Want an Apartment
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Narrator (voice)
Clerk (uncredited)
Man in Cramped Bed (uncredited)
Shaymus O'Shaymus (uncredited)
So You Want an Apartment
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Overview
Joe McDoakes and his wife go apartment hunting.
Release Date
1948-01-03
Average
4
Rating:
2.0 startsTagline
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Languages:
English
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