Hook a Crook (1955)
Joe Besser and Jim Hawthorne are detectives trying to recover stolen jewels. They see a necklace on a furry arm, and deduce that a man wearing a fur coat was the thief. They, instead, encounter a gorilla.
- Date of release
- 1955-11-24
- TMDB
- 10.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 16m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Jules White
Casting
- Joe Besser — Joe Besser
- Jim Hawthorne — Hawthorne (as hawthorne)
- Steve Calvert — Gorilla (archive footage)
- Eddie Baker — Thief (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Barbara Bartay — Fifi (uncredited)
- Lela Bliss — Mrs. Van Sickle (uncredited)
- Dan Blocker — Gorilla (uncredited)
- Ray Corrigan — Gorilla (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Dudley Dickerson — Janitor (uncredited)
- Tom Kennedy — I. Katchum (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Joe Palma — Thief (archive footage) (uncredited)
Interesting facts
Hook a Crook is a 1955 short subject directed by Jules White starring American comedian Joe Besser and radio DJ Jim Hawthorne. It is the ninth entry in the Joe Besser series released by Columbia Pictures starring the comedian, who appeared in ten comedies at the studio between 1949 and 1956.
Production notes
Hook a Crook is a remake of the 1951 film 'Fraidy Cat, itself a scene-for-scene remake of the 1943 Three Stooges film Dizzy Detectives. Both films utilized a considerable amount of stock footage. Jules White directed all three films.
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