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How to Be a Detective
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How to Be a Detective

1936 9 min ★ 6.9 (8) Released
Comedy Crime

This Robert Benchley 'How To' comedy short attempts to teach us how to profile criminals by physical characteristics.

Original title
How to Be a Detective
Language
EN
Country
US
Budget
Revenue
Keywords 3
police profiling private detective short film
Cast 3
Robert Benchley

Robert Benchley

Mr. Benchley

Arthur Hoyt

Arthur Hoyt

Worried Citizen (uncredited)

Dewey Robinson

Dewey Robinson

McNulty (uncredited)

Crew 2
Felix E. Feist

Felix E. Feist

Director

Robert Benchley

Robert Benchley

Writer

Gallery 2
US Release Dates 1

Oct 17, 1936

NR Theatrical

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