So You Want to Be a Detective
1948 | 11m | English
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| Director: | Richard L. Bare |
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| Writer: | Richard L. Bare, David Swift |
| Staring: |
| Joe McDoakes imagines himself as a private detective on a murder case. Throughout the film, he spars verbally with narrator Art Gilmore. | |
| Release Date: | Jun 26, 1948 |
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| Director: | Richard L. Bare |
| Writer: | Richard L. Bare, David Swift |
| Genres: | Comedy, Crime |
| Keywords | detective, narration, private detective, short film |
| Production Companies | Richard L. Bare Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 04, 2024 (Update) Entered: May 05, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| George O'Hanlon | Joe McDoakes (a.k.a. Phillip Snarlow) |
| Art Gilmore | Narrator (voice) |
| Lila Leeds | Veronica Vacuum (uncredited) |
| Kit Guard | Barroom Thug (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Richard L. Bare | Writer, Director |
| William Lava | Original Music Composer |
| David Swift | Story |
| Wesley Anderson | Director of Photography |
| Francis J. Scheid | Sound Designer |
| Everett Sutherland | Editor |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Gordon Hollingshead | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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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 t ... he 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.
Jun 23, 2021