Camera Sleuth
1951 | 10m | English
Popularity: 0.5 (history)
| Director: | Dave O'Brien |
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| Writer: | James Gruen, Dave O'Brien |
| Staring: |
| In this Pete Smith Specialty short, we see how real-life investigator Jo Goggin used a motion picture surveillance camera to gather evidence and disprove a fraudulent insurance claim. | |
| Release Date: | Apr 28, 1951 |
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| Director: | Dave O'Brien |
| Writer: | James Gruen, Dave O'Brien |
| Genres: | Crime, Documentary |
| Keywords | fraud, insurance fraud, private investigator, surveillance, reenactment, surveillance camera, insurance company |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 10, 2025 Entered: Apr 29, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Pete Smith | Narrator (voice) |
| Jo A. Goggin | Himself |
| John Miljan | Herman Taphert (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
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| James Gruen | Writer |
| Joseph Dietrick | Editor |
| Richard Duce | Art Direction |
| Harold Lipstein | Director of Photography |
| Dave O'Brien | Director, Writer |
| Name | Title |
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| Pete Smith | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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