So You Want to Be a DetectiveComedyCrime6.80h 11mENReleasedJune 26, 1948USShareCollectionKeywordsdetectivenarrationprivate detectiveshort filmOverviewStatsCast & CrewExtrasSynopsisJoe McDoakes imagines himself as a private detective on a murder case. Throughout the film, he spars verbally with narrator Art Gilmore.RecommendationsSimilarRecommended Movies8.0The Treasure of the Sierra Madre19488.1Joker20197.6Ex Machina20156.8Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle20177.2Collateral Beauty20167.5The Favourite20187.4Captain America: Civil War20167.4Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood20198.2Green Book20187.2Sully20167.9The Greatest Showman20177.6Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 220177.6Kingsman: The Secret Service20157.6Deadpool20167.4Baby Driver20176.9Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)20208.1Call Me by Your Name20178.1Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri20178.0American Beauty19996.1Justice League2017