Aspiring actor Joe McDoakes blows his first part at Warner Bros. and has to settle for being a stand-in.
Joe McDoakes / Himself
Narrator (voice)
Man Giving Directions (uncredited)
Assistant Director Sammy (uncredited)
Actor in Army Scene (uncredited)
Man at Brown Derby with Sunglasses (uncredited)
Woman at Brown Derby with Sunglasses (uncredited)
Man at Brown Derby with Sunglasses (uncredited)
Actress Playing Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
Himself (uncredited)
Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Himself (uncredited)
So You Want to Hold Your Wife Director (uncredited)
Herself (uncredited)
Himself (uncredited)
Anthony Anguish (uncredited)
Herself (uncredited)
Herself (uncredited)
Waiter at Brown Derby (uncredited)
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After one of his class papers is stolen and turned into a movie, a young student and his best friend exact a hilarious, slapstick revenge on the Hollywood hot shot who has taken credit!
05 May 1988
Sherlock Holmes is as dashing as ever, but with a little secret: Dr. Watson is the brains behind the operation. When Reginald Kincaid, the actor he has hired to play Holmes becomes insufferable, Watson fires him and tries to go out on his own, but finds that he has done too good a job building Holmes up in the public's mind.
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Capital traffic jams and endless replacement of tiles on the sidewalks, filming of national films and absurd situations with artists, stories from the lives of neighbors and their dogs.
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