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How to Be a Detective

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A lecturer (Robert Benchley) discusses skills needed to become a successful detective, including identifying criminal types, obtaining a confession, and incarcerating a prisoner.
How to Be a Detective

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Felix E. Feist

Director

Robert Benchley

Mr. Benchley

Arthur Hoyt

Worried Citizen

Dewey Robinson

McNulty

Harry Semels

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Bill Wolfe

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Synopsis A lecturer (Robert Benchley) discusses skills needed to become a successful detective, including identifying criminal types, obtaining a confession, and incarcerating a prisoner.
Director
Felix E. Feist
Screenwriter
Robert Benchley, Robert Lees, Frederic I. Rinaldo
Production Co
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 17, 1936, Original
Runtime
9m