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Hook a Crook

Released: November 24, 1955 (1955)

Runtime: 16 minutes

Genres: Comedy

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.

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

  • Tom Kennedy as I. Katchum (archive footage) (uncredited)

    Age at release: 70

  • Lela Bliss as Mrs. Van Sickle (uncredited)

    Age at release: 59

  • Eddie Baker as Thief (archive footage) (uncredited)

    Age at release: 58

  • Ray Corrigan as Gorilla (archive footage) (uncredited)

    Age at release: 53

  • Joe Besser as Joe Besser

    Age at release: 48

  • Dudley Dickerson as Janitor (uncredited)

    Age at release: 48

  • Steve Calvert as Gorilla (archive footage)

    Age at release: 39

  • Jim Hawthorne as Hawthorne (as hawthorne)

    Age at release: 37

  • Dan Blocker as Gorilla (uncredited)

    Age at release: 26

  • Barbara Bartay as Fifi (uncredited)

    Age at release: Unknown

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  • Joe Palma as Thief (archive footage) (uncredited)

    Age at release: 50