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So You Want to Be a Detective

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6.8/10 • 18

1948-06-260h 11m

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

Directors
Richard L. Bare
Writters
Richard L. Bare
Editors
Richard L. Bare, Everett Sutherland

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  1. George O'Hanlon

    George O'Hanlon

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

  2. Art Gilmore

    Art Gilmore

    Narrator (voice)

  3. Lila Leeds

    Lila Leeds

    Veronica Vacuum (uncredited)

  4. Kit Guard

    Kit Guard

    Barroom Thug (uncredited)

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talisencrw

Aug 4, 2016

8/10

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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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
detectivenarrationprivate detectiveshort film