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.


Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!

Trailer

Similar Movies

Strange Days

Strange Days


Released on: 1995-10-13
Crime, Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller

Former policeman Lenny Nero has moved into a more lucrative trade: the illegal sale of virtual reali...

The Science of Sleep

The Science of Sleep


Released on: 2006-06-25
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

A man entranced by his dreams and imagination is lovestruck with a French woman and feels he can sho...

Beverly Hills Cop III

Beverly Hills Cop III


Released on: 1994-05-24
Action, Comedy, Crime

When his boss is killed, Detroit cop Axel Foley finds evidence that the murderer had ties to a Calif...

True Romance

True Romance


Released on: 1993-09-09
Action, Crime, Romance

Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, wh...

Insomnia

Insomnia


Released on: 2002-05-24
Thriller, Crime, Drama

Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to i...

Inspector Gadget

Inspector Gadget


Released on: 1999-07-23
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family

John Brown is a bumbling but well-intentioned security guard who is badly injured in an explosion pl...

Blue Velvet

Blue Velvet


Released on: 1986-09-19
Mystery, Thriller, Crime

The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related ...

Se7en

Se7en


Released on: 1995-09-22
Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "s...

Chinatown

Chinatown


Released on: 1974-06-20
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern ...

Strangers on a Train

Strangers on a Train


Released on: 1951-06-27
Crime, Thriller

A charming psychopath tries to coerce a tennis star into his theory that two strangers can commit th...

Special Delivery

Special Delivery


Released on: 2022-10-14
Thriller, Crime

Remember how grown-ups used to tell you that babies are delivered by storks? The truth is even crazi...

Annie Hall

Annie Hall


Released on: 1977-04-19
Comedy, Drama, Romance

New York comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditsy Annie Hall.

Trapeze, U.S.A.

Trapeze, U.S.A.


Released on: 2017-09-22
Comedy

One little person's journey through the large new world of political correctness.

9

9


Released on: 2009-04-27
Comedy

A group of people talk about very different subjects, including a strange course that one of them ha...

Blonde for a Day

Blonde for a Day


Released on: 1946-06-10
Mystery, Crime

Hugh Beaumont stars as detective "Michael Shayne" in this 1946 B-film.

Ñeñeñe

Ñeñeñe


Released on: 2014-05-07
Comedy

Mario has prepared something for Cristina, but she doesn't seem very interested in knowing what it i...

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Who Framed Roger Rabbit


Released on: 1988-06-22
Fantasy, Animation, Comedy, Crime

'Toon star Roger is worried that his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else, so the stu...

Poop

Poop


Released on:
Comedy

Poop is a comedic mystery about a failing company performing mass lay-offs. During this terrible tim...

Klute

Klute


Released on: 1971-06-23
Thriller, Mystery, Crime

A high-priced call girl is forced to depend on a reluctant private eye when she is stalked by a psyc...

Reservoir Dogs

Reservoir Dogs


Released on: 1992-09-02
Crime, Thriller

A botched robbery indicates a police informant, and the pressure mounts in the aftermath at a wareho...