Drug store soda jerk Bert is a true-crime buff who revels in detective magazines. But he doesn't recognize the notorious gangster he waits on, smiling Memphis Mike.
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Bert Wheeler as Bert
Jean Willes as Ruthie
Ben Welden as Memphis Mike
Minerva Urecal as Bert's Mother-In-Law
Vernon Dent as Al Keefer
Tom Kennedy as Pinky
Richard Quine Director
Jules White Producer
Elwood Ullman Writer
Charles Clague Art Direction
Allen G. Siegler Director of Photography
Henry DeMond Editor
United States 18 April 1951
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