The Awful Sleuth
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The Awful Sleuth

The Awful Sleuth

1951
Comedy
Short Film
17m
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. Bert innocently sends Mike to his own apartment building, but when he finally recognizes Mike and threatens to have him arrested, Mike and his henchman Pinky hold him captive. (imdb)
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Rated 17 Jul 2023
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With Robert Woolsey long dead, his comedy partner Bert Wheeler had struggled to find success without him. He's barely done anything since the 1930s, but tried out a couple of short comedies during a time when comedy shorts dying. The Awful Sleuth was his last short film before his appearances became strictly TV. A remake of the 1937 Charley Chase short called The Big Squirt. Fairly tame comedy where Bert didn't come across as his best self, but Minerva Urecal gives it a little personality.

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