The Awful Sleuth

10.0 1951 18 min
Comedy

Drug store soda jerk Bert is a true-crime buff who revels in detective magazines. But he doesn't recognize the notorious gangster he waits on, smiling Memphis Mike.

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Director
Richard Quine
Writer
Elwood Ullman

Cast

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Bert Wheeler Bert
Jean Willes Ruthie
Ben Welden Memphis Mike
Minerva Urecal Bert's Mother-In-Law
Vernon Dent Al Keefer
Tom Kennedy Pinky
Ralph Volkie

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