"Ed Wynn, a rubber heeled "gumshoe" and Chester Conklin, the master mind of crookdom! Look at this team and scream with laughter!"
A European royal couple come to New York to sell some of the royal family's crown jewels. A gang of international jewel thieves is planning to steal the gems, so a private detective is assigned to guard them. Unfortunately the private eye turns out to be a bumbling, inept fool--or so everyone thinks.
Ed Wynn
Homer Thrush
Thelma Todd
Princess Aline
Chester Conklin
Tennyson Hawks
Robert Andrews
Tom Raymond
John Harrington
Grogan
Bradley Barker
Gentleman Joe
Armand Cortes
The Ray
Ruth Donnelly
Fanny Pratt
Mario Majeroni
Prince Zibatchefsky
A European royal couple come to New York to sell some of the royal family's crown jewels. A gang of international jewel thieves is planning to steal the gems, so a private detective is assigned to guard them. Unfortunately the private eye turns out to be a bumbling, inept fool--or so everyone thinks.
Dortmunder and his pals plan to steal a huge diamond from a museum. But this turns out to be only the first time they have to steal it...
A courageous boy battles a gang of bumbling thieves to rescue a dog carrying a fortune in stolen diamonds.
A film projectionist longs to be a detective, and puts his meager skills to work when he is framed by a rival for stealing his girlfriend's father's pocketwatch.
District Attorney Tom Logan is set for higher office, at least until he becomes involved with defence lawyer Laura Kelly and her unpredictable client Chelsea Deardon. It seems the least of Chelsea's crimes is the theft of a very valuable painting, but as the women persuade Logan to investigate further and to cut some official corners, a much more sinister scenario starts to emerge.
A hypochondriac vacations in the tropics for the fresh air - and finds himself in the middle of a revolution instead.
A modern retelling of Shakespeare's classic comedy about two pairs of lovers with different takes on romance and a way with words.
When an upwardly mobile couple find themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in desperation.
Not even the joys of parenthood can stop married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles from investigating a murder on a Long Island estate.
Five hapless inner-city low-lifes attempt to burgle a pawnbroker's safe, but end up being plagued by bad luck.
Virgil Starkwell is intent on becoming a notorious bank robber. Unfortunately for Virgil and his not-so-budding career, he is completely incompetent.