Hook a Crook poster

Hook a Crook poster

Hook a Crook

1955 16m 10Movie

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.

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Felix Adler

Story

Jules White

Director, Writer

Top 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)