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

Yuck!

Yuck!


Released on: 2024-02-20
Animation, Comedy, Romance

Yuck. Couples kissing on the mouth are gross. And the worst is, you can't miss them: when people are...

A Life In Questions: Wisdom School with Aaron Chen

A Life In Questions: Wisdom School with Aaron Chen


Released on: 2020-12-08
Comedy

When the legendary interviewer Aaron Chen was 9, he stole a microphone and conducted his first on th...

Andy and the Other Women

Andy and the Other Women


Released on: 2021-06-10
Comedy

Andy plans to visit his three open relationships on New Years Eve. He goes from one place to another...

Aaron with 2 A's

Aaron with 2 A's


Released on: 2022-04-15
Comedy, Drama

Aaron With 2 A's is a film about, Aaron, an older man who wants to attain his lifelong dream. The on...

The Little Things

The Little Things


Released on: 2021-01-28
Drama, Crime, Thriller

Deputy Sheriff Joe "Deke" Deacon joins forces with Sgt. Jim Baxter to search for a serial killer who...

Mississippi Mud

Mississippi Mud


Released on: 1928-09-17
Animation, Comedy

This is the first Oswald cartoon to be directed by Walter Lantz who would later produce the Oswald s...

Little Dickie

Little Dickie


Released on: 2002-09-02
Comedy, Music, Western

A woman enters a bar and asks for a bit of conversation, but what she gets in return is a bunch of b...

One Too Many

One Too Many


Released on: 2005-04-08
Drama, Comedy

After his wife leaves him, Joaquín brings his mother-in-law back home to look after him and his son.

What's the World Coming To?

What's the World Coming To?


Released on: 1926-01-16
Comedy

Short comedy which posits that in a hundred years men's styles will revert to Regency garb, and that...

Hooked at the Altar

Hooked at the Altar


Released on: 1926-10-03
Comedy

A vamp is hired to destroy an impending wedding.

Love's Berries

Love's Berries


Released on: 1926-04-28
Comedy

Jean, the hairdresser, is flabbergasted: what is that baby his girlfriend Lisa has put in his arms o...

A Home Spun Hero

A Home Spun Hero


Released on: 1920-10-02
Comedy

Bobby is in love with a stage actress and hangs around backstage during the performance. He makes a ...

13th Alarm

13th Alarm


Released on: 1925-05-02
Comedy

The Hey Fellas gang builds a firehouse out of junkyard parts.

Drama in a Gypsy Camp Near Moscow

Drama in a Gypsy Camp Near Moscow


Released on: 1908-12-20
Romance, Drama, Crime

Two gypsy lovers sneak away from camp at night. The man proposes, the woman refuses. He then murders...

Obliging Young Lady

Obliging Young Lady


Released on: 1942-04-01
Comedy, Romance

A woman attempts to shelter a young girl from the publicity surrounding her socialite parents' divor...

Fuck les gars

Fuck les gars


Released on: 2019-02-15
Comedy

After experiencing her first heartbreak, Anais declares war on all the boys in 6th grade.

The Mystical Flame

The Mystical Flame


Released on: 1903-04-19
Comedy, Fantasy

A juggler enters upon the scene, picks up a skull, throws it into the air, catches it in his hands, ...

Helen's Marriage

Helen's Marriage


Released on: 1912-05-22
Comedy, Romance

Helen and Tom are desperate to get married. After a foiled elopement attempt, the couple hatches a “...

Her Second Mother

Her Second Mother


Released on: 1940-11-08
Comedy, Drama, Music

A young woman tries to repay her adoptive parents' kindness by shielding their biological child, who...

Night Market

Night Market


Released on: 2012-10-04
Crime, Drama

Do-han makes money ripping off Chinese tourists visiting Dongdaemun night market. One evening, a Kor...