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Released February 05, 1943
Featuring Moe, Larry and Curly
Columbia
18.6 min. (Short Subject)

A mysterious Ape Man is committing burglaries, and Mr. Dill, the head of the Citizens League, is demanding action. Rookie cops Moe, Larry and Curly rush to the scene of the latest burglary, Gypsom Good Antiques, where they discover that the "Ape Man" is a real gorilla, and that Mr. Dill is behind the robberies.

The opening carpenter routine is stock footage from PARDON MY SCOTCH (1935).

This story was remade as 'FRAIDY CAT (1951) with Joe Besser and Jim Hawthorne, and its stock footage remake HOOK A CROOK (1955), also with Besser and Hawthorne.

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Avg. Rating: [8.94/10]
 
DIZZY DETECTIVES on IMDb

Bud Jamison
Police Commissioner

John Tyrrell
Mr. Dill

Dick Jensen
Henchman

Ray Corrigan
Bonzo the gorilla


Jules White
Producer

Jules White
Director

Del Lord
Director, stock footage

Felix Adler
Story and Screenplay

Andrew Bennison
Screenplay, stock footage

Benjamin Kline
Director of Photography

George Meehan
Photography, stock footage

Jerome Thoms
Film Editor

James Sweeney
Film Editor, stock footage

Carl Anderson
Art Director



















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