So You Want to Be a Detective

So You Want to Be a Detective (1948)

June 26th, 19480h 11min

Comedy, Crime
68%

Overview

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


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