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Hook a Crook (1955)

Genre : Comedy

Runtime : 16M

Director : Jules White

Synopsis

Joe Besser and Jim Hawthorne are detectives trying to recover stolen jewels. They see a necklace on a furry arm, and deduce that a man wearing a fur coat was the thief. They, instead, encounter a gorilla.

Actors

Joe Besser
Joe Besser
Joe Besser
Jim Hawthorne
Jim Hawthorne
Hawthorne (as hawthorne)
Steve Calvert
Steve Calvert
Gorilla (archive footage)
Eddie Baker
Eddie Baker
Thief (archive footage) (uncredited)
Barbara Bartay
Barbara Bartay
Fifi (uncredited)
Lela Bliss
Lela Bliss
Mrs. Van Sickle (uncredited)
Dan Blocker
Dan Blocker
Gorilla (uncredited)
Ray Corrigan
Ray Corrigan
Gorilla (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dudley Dickerson
Dudley Dickerson
Janitor (uncredited)
Tom Kennedy
Tom Kennedy
I. Katchum (archive footage) (uncredited)
Joe Palma
Joe Palma
Thief (archive footage) (uncredited)

Crews

Felix Adler
Felix Adler
Story
Jules White
Jules White
Director
Jules White
Jules White
Writer

Posters and backgrounds

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