So You Want to Be a Detective

1948 ★ 6.8 11 min IMDb English Richard L. Bare

Overview

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

Comedy Crime

Top Cast

George O'Hanlon

George O'Hanlon

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

Art Gilmore

Art Gilmore

Narrator (voice)

Lila Leeds

Lila Leeds

Veronica Vacuum (uncredited)

Kit Guard

Kit Guard

Barroom Thug (uncredited)

So You Want... Collection

So You Want to Be Pretty

So You Want to Be Pretty

🎬 So You Want to Hold Your Wife

So You Want to Hold Your Wife

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So You Want to Hold Your Husband

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So You Want to Know Your Relatives

🎬 So You Want to Move

So You Want to Move

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So You Want to Build a House

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So You Want to Be on a Jury

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So You Want to Be a Salesman

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So You Want to Enjoy Life

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So You Want to Be a Plumber

🎬 So You Want to Be in Pictures

So You Want to Be in Pictures

🎬 So You Want to Give Up Smoking

So You Want to Give Up Smoking

So You Want to Be in Politics

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So You Want to Be a Gladiator

🎬 So You Want to Be Your Own Boss

So You Want to Be Your Own Boss

So You Want to Be a Baby Sitter

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🎬 So You Want to Play the Piano

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So You Want to Be a V.P.

🎬 So You Want to Wear the Pants

So You Want to Wear the Pants

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So You Want to Be a Muscle Man

🎬 So You Want to Get Rich Quick

So You Want to Get Rich Quick

So You Want to Be a Gambler

So You Want to Be a Gambler

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So You Want to Be an Heir

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So You Want to Go to a Convention

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So You Want to Play the Horses

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So You Want to Get It Wholesale

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🎬 So Your Wife Wants to Work

So Your Wife Wants to Work

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So You Want a Television Set

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So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck

So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck

🎬 So You Think You're Allergic

So You Think You're Allergic

So You Think You're Not Guilty

So You Think You're Not Guilty

🎬 So You Think You Can't Sleep

So You Think You Can't Sleep

So You Think You Need Glasses

So You Think You Need Glasses

🎬 So You Think the Grass Is Greener

So You Think the Grass Is Greener

🎬 So You Want to Keep Your Hair

So You Want to Keep Your Hair

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So You're Going to Have an Operation

🎬 So You're Going to the Dentist

So You're Going to the Dentist

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So You Want to Be on the Radio

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So You're Having In-Law Trouble

🎬 So You're Having Neighbor Trouble

So You're Having Neighbor Trouble

🎬 So You Want to Throw a Party

So You Want to Throw a Party

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So You Want to Be a Paper Hanger

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So You Want to Buy a Used Car

So You Never Tell a Lie

So You Never Tell a Lie

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So You Want to Go to a Nightclub

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So You're Taking in a Roomer

🎬 So You Don't Trust Your Wife

So You Don't Trust Your Wife

🎬 So You Want to Be a Policeman

So You Want to Be a Policeman

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