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1948SOUND COMEDY SHORTS
JOE MCDOAKES.

PRIVATE EYE DOOR. HAND TURNS DOORKNOB. AT DESK. SMOKING CIGARETTE. TRIPS OVER BOX OF BOTTLES. WOMAN LYING IN FILING CABINET DOOR. ON PHONE. SMOKE COMES OUT OF PHONE. GRABS HAT & COAT. RINGS DOORBELL. BUTLER ANSWERS DOOR. ANGRY MAN PUNCHES CAMERA. POV WEARING DISGUISE. GLASSES & MUSTACHE. BANGS ON DOOR. SMACKS BUTLER. BLONDE WOMAN. SULTRY. MAN WITH KNIFE IN HIM LYING DEAD ON THE FLOOR. MEN FALL OUT OF CABINET. SECRET PASSAGE. GUN POWDER. CASINO. GAMBLING. WOMAN SELLING
CIGARETTES. PUSHES DOOR OPEN. MAN IN STUDY AT DESK A BUNCH OF LITTLE KIDS PUSH THEIR WAY IN AND THREATEN MAN. MAN ON KNEES
PRAYING. TUNING FORK. SINGING . PULLS MAN UP. WIDE-EYED. WRIST RADIO WATCH. TALKS TO WATCH AT BAR. MAN ON STILTS. TALL MAN. POINTS GUN. SHOOTS EVERYBODY. GRABS JOE. BEATING HIM UP. PILE OF MEN ON FLOOR. SCIENCE LAB. ADDING MACHINE. NARRATOR POINTS GUN. SHOOTS JOE. ON PHONE. DIES. WINDOW. SLEEPING ON DESK AS JANITOR. GEORGE O'HANLON

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CU DOOR "PHILLIP SNARLOWE PRIVATE EYE" "ALSO EAR, NOSE & THROAT"
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POV HAND OPENS DOOR
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JOE TALKS TO THE CAMERA. FLIPS CIGARETTE AWAY
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CU FEET TRIP OVER A BOTTLE OVER A CASE OF BOOZE
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JOE OPENS FILE CABINET & TAKES OUT FILE. WOMAN'S BODY LIES IN CABINET
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JOE TALKS TO CAMERA, TAKES OUT GUN, ANSWERS PHONE USING A HANDKERCHIEF
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JOE SPEAKS IN FUNNY ACCENT ON THE TELEPHONE, GUN SHOT IS HEARD ON PHONE, SMOKE WAFTS FROM RECEIVER
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JOE PUTS ON COAT & HAT, TALKS TO CAMERA
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JOE TALKS TO CAMERA. CAMERA MAN PUTS HAT OVER CAMERA
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BUTLER ANSWERS DOOR
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BUTLER PUNCHES CAMERA
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CU JOE COMES INTO FOCUS, SAYING "SPEAK TO ME"
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JOE WEARS DISGUISE. GLASSES & FAKE MUSTACHE, BUTLER ANSWERS DOOR WEARING SAME DISGUISE
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JOE SMACKS BUTLER OVER & OVER
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BLONDE BOMBSHELL WALKS DRAMATICALLY. LILA LEEDS, INFAMOUS B-MOVIE ACTRESS ARRESTED FOR MARIJUANA in 1948 ALONG WITH ROBERT MITCHUM.
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MAN MEETS WOMAN, CAMERA PANS DOWN WOMAN'S BODY.
HUBBA HUBBA?
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MAN EXAMINES BODY. MAN PULLS WOMAN CLOSE TO HIM
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WOMAN PLEADS WITH DETECTIVE
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MAN TALKS TO CAMERA LIKE HE HAS AN IDEA
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DETECTIVE LISTENS TO DOOR, OPENS IT, 7 BODIES FALL OUT
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DETECTIVE TELLS VIEWERS "SHHH, BE QUIET." SNEAKS BY CANS THAT READ "GUN POWDER." DETECTIVE TRIPS &
KNOCKS OVER CANS ON STORE STAIRWAY
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CU DOOR SAYS "POWDER ROOM," DETECTIVE PEEKS OUT SNEAKILY
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DETECTIVE ENTERS CASINO ROOM. DETECTIVE SPEAKS TO CIGARETTE GIRL
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DETECTIVE TELLS CAMERA TO "SHHH" AGAIN AND OPENS DOOR. DETECTIVE HOLDS FINGER IN JACKET. PRETENDS IT'S A GUN
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MAN RUSHES INTO ROOM TELLS MAN TO "BEAT IT."
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KIDS RUN INTO ROOM, ACT TOUGH
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MAN, NERVOUS, KISSES UP; MAN GETS ON KNEES AND BEGS FOR MONEY
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DETECTIVE GRABS GUY'S LAPELS TELLS HIM HE'S GOT TO "SING." DETECTIVE BLOWS PITCHPIPE, CONDUCTS THE MAN WHO SINGS. DETECTIVE GRABS MAN BY LAPELS. MAN NODS HEAD
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DETECTIVE SPEAKS ON TWO WAY WRIST RADIO WATCH
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DETECTIVE WONDERS UP TO THE BAR. CIGARETTE GIRL IN FOREGROUND. DRINK SERVED. REALL TALL GIANT COMES UP BEHIND DETECTIVE. TALL MAN PULLS GUN, DETECTIVE PULLS GUN. DETECTIVE BOOTS REALLY TALL MAN IN THE CROTCH. TALL MAN FALLS
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MAN STORE DETECTIVE WITH GUN BUTTS
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BALD MAN DRINKS WHISKEY DESPERATELY. FIGHTING CONTINUES
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DETECTIVE GIVES UP. MEN LAY ALL AROUND HIM. DETECTIVE DUSTS HIMSELF OFF
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MAN IN SUIT WORKS IN LAB WITH BEAKER AND BUNSEN BURNER
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POV KILLER HOLDS GUN ON MAN IN SUIT. MAN GOES FOR PHONE. KILLER SHOOTS HIM
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PAN FROM WINDOW TO MAN SLEEPING AT DESK
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DETECTIVE WAKES UP JANITOR WHO STOPS AT DESK. JANITOR JUMPS UP AND LEAVES OFFICE BRINGING BUCKET & MOP WITH HIM
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REALLY TALL MAN BENDS OVER TO ENTER DOORWAY. JANITOR HITS, SLAPS HIMSELF TO WAKE HIM FROM HIS "DREAM?"
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