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MediocreGoodWatch scoreSummary
A blundering rookie reporter runs into some unexpected difficulty when he is assigned to cover the police beat.
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Running time
55 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 comedies, −45 min on the typical 100
typical 10055Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country, rent or buy in 2 more
Released
1948
March 15, 1948
78 years ago
Genre
ComedyLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United States
Rated
- NRUnited States
24 of 29
William TracyDorian 'Dodo' Doubleday
Joe SawyerOfficer Ames
Emory ParnellWinfield 'Windy' Blake
Betty CompsonMartha Blake
Joan WoodburyBubbles LaRue
Paul StantonAttorney Martin Stafford
Beverly LloydPenny Blake (as Beverly Loyd)
Patti MorganEster Dexter
Thomas E. JacksonChief McClure (as Thomas Jackson)
Harold GoodwinReporter with Cigars (uncredited)
Anthony WardePolice Reporter (uncredited)- MRMargaret RoachVera (uncredited)
Stanley PragerCartoonist (uncredited)
Eddie DunnPit Violinist (uncredited)
Harry CheshireJudge J.J. Bellinger (uncredited)
Charles MiddletonReporter (uncredited)
Eddie ParksFreddie, News Photographer (uncredited)
Ben WeldenRankin (uncredited)
Gertrude AstorWoman with Dog (uncredited)
Theodore LorchAudience Member (uncredited)- SHSam HarrisAudience Member (uncredited)
- PBPhil BloomAudience Member (uncredited)
Nell CraigSociety Editor (uncredited)
Charles SullivanSgt. Harris (uncredited)
Directing · 2
- Fred Guiol Director, Producer
- James Lane Assistant Director
Writing · 2
- Edward E. Seabrook Writer
- George Carleton Brown Writer
Production · 2
- Hal Roach, Jr. Executive Producer
- Sidney S. Van Keuren Production Manager
Camera · 1
- John W. Boyle Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Art Seid Editor
Sound · 2
- Heinz Roemheld Music
- William Randall Sr. Sound
Art · 2
- Jerome Pycha Jr. Art Direction
- William Stevens Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up · 2
- Burris Grimwood Makeup Artist
- Loretta Francel Hairstylist
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