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Hook a Crook
Movie

Hook a Crook

1955· Released
Comedy

Overview

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.

Ratings

TMDB
NR/10
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Director

Jules White

Jules White

Director

Cast

Joe Besser

Joe Besser

Joe Besser

Jim Hawthorne

Jim Hawthorne

Hawthorne (as hawthorne)

Steve Calvert

Gorilla (archive footage)

Eddie Baker

Eddie Baker

Thief (archive footage) (uncredited)

Barbara Bartay

Fifi (uncredited)

Lela Bliss

Lela Bliss

Mrs. Van Sickle (uncredited)

Dan Blocker

Dan Blocker

Gorilla (uncredited)

Ray Corrigan

Ray Corrigan

Gorilla (archive footage) (uncredited)

Dudley Dickerson

Dudley Dickerson

Janitor (uncredited)

Tom Kennedy

Tom Kennedy

I. Katchum (archive footage) (uncredited)

Joe Palma

Thief (archive footage) (uncredited)

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