Three incompetents are hired to deliver a large crate (supposedly containing artifacts, but actually containing a live gangster) to a creepy old museum in the middle of the night, leading ...
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Title: Phony Cronies (1942)
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| El Brendel | ... | Oley | |
| Tom Kennedy | ... | Tom | |
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Monte Collins | ... | Homeowner |
| Dudley Dickerson | ... | Petty Larsen, the Bookkeeper | |
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Three incompetents are hired to deliver a large crate (supposedly containing artifacts, but actually containing a live gangster) to a creepy old museum in the middle of the night, leading to various slapstick mishaps. Written by Peter W. Many, Jr. (pmsusana)
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Tom: You've been our bookkeeper for give years and this is the first time our books have been uneven!
Petty Larsen, the Bookkeeper: Boss, a lot of people are having trouble right now balancing their books.
Tom: Petty, you said a mouthful.
Oley: Petty? Say, what is your last name?
Petty Larsen, the Bookkeeper: Larsen.
Oley: Larsen. Petty Larsen.
[chuckles]
Oley: That's a nice name.
[does a double take]
[...]
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[first lines]Tom: You've been our bookkeeper for give years and this is the first time our books have been uneven!
Petty Larsen, the Bookkeeper: Boss, a lot of people are having trouble right now balancing their books.
Tom: Petty, you said a mouthful.
Oley: Petty? Say, what is your last name?
Petty Larsen, the Bookkeeper: Larsen.
Oley: Larsen. Petty Larsen.
[chuckles]
Oley: That's a nice name.
[does a double take]
[...]
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Swedish dialect comedian El Brendel had made a number of Columbia two-reelers from 1936-1945 and this one knocks it out of the park with slapstick comedy and the funny teaming of Brendel and the burly Tom Kennedy. They play movers for a transfer company who are hired to deliver a set of crates to a spooky museum after hours and wind up getting chased by crooks with swords. Dudley Dickerson also steals the show as their bookkeeper/third partner and Monte Collins as a fussy client.