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Released December 13, 1951
Featuring Joe Besser (Solo)
Featuring Joe Besser (Solo)
Columbia
16.1 min. (Short Subject)
16.1 min. (Short Subject)
Wide Awake Detective Agency investigators Joe and Hawth have failed to solve the antique robberies of the Ape Man Gang, and are given one last chance by their boss, I. Katchum. Guarding an antique shop late at night, the boys come face-to-face with a gang of crooks who have trained a real gorilla for the break-ins.
A remake of The Three Stooges' DIZZY DETECTIVES (1943), with some stock footage from that short. Remade with stock footage as HOOK A CROOK (1955), also starring Besser and Hawthorne.
Avg. Rating: 
[4.33/10]
[4.33/10]
Joe Besser
Joe Besser
Jim Hawthorne
Jim Hawthorne
Tom Kennedy
I. Katchum
Eddie Baker
Thief
Joe Palma
Thief
Steve Calvert
Gorilla
Ray Corrigan
Gorilla, stock footage
Jules White
Director
Jules White
Producer
Felix Adler
Story
Jules White
Screenplay
Henry Freulich
Director of Photography
Edwin Bryant
Film Editor
Charles Clague
Art Director
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