So You Want to Be a Detective poster

So You Want to Be a Detective( 1948)

TV-MAComedyCrime
68%
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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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      George O'Hanlon

      Joe McDoakes (a.k.a. Phillip Snarlow)

    2. cast image

      Art Gilmore

      Narrator (voice)

    3. cast image

      Lila Leeds

      Veronica Vacuum (uncredited)

    4. cast image

      Kit Guard

      Barroom Thug (uncredited)

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    A review by talisencrw

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    Written by talisencrw on Thu Aug 04 2016
    This short film, an extra from my blu of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre' is one of the better Richard Bare-directed 'Joe McDoakes' comedic shorts. Like Leonard Maltin states in his introduction to the 1948 'Warner Night at the Movies' that Warner Bros. attempts to recreate with this (as well as the cartoon 'Hot Cross Bunny'), it was a clever homage/satire of both Bogart's detective work in 'The Maltese Falcon' and the first-person point-of-view camera work prevalent in Robert Montgomery's 'Lady in the Lake' from the previous year....

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • detective
    • narration
    • private detective
    • short film