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Released December 13, 1951
Featuring Joe Besser (Solo)
Columbia
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.

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Avg. Rating: [4.33/10]
 
'FRAIDY CAT on IMDb

Joe Besser
Joe Besser

Jim Hawthorne
Jim Hawthorne

Tom Kennedy
I. Katchum

Ray Corrigan
Gorilla, stock footage


Jules White
Director

Jules White
Producer

Jules White
Screenplay

Henry Freulich
Director of Photography

Edwin Bryant
Film Editor

Charles Clague
Art Director



















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