Mickey the Detective
| Mickey the Dective | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Albert Herman |
| Produced by | Larry Darmour |
| Starring |
Mickey Rooney Delia Bogard Marvin Stephens Junior Johnston Kendall McComas |
| Distributed by | Film Booking Offices of America |
Release dates |
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Running time | 20 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language |
Silent film English intertitles |
Mickey the Detective is a 1928 silent short film in Larry Darmour's Mickey McGuire series starring a young Mickey Rooney. Directed by Albert Herman, the two-reel short was released to theaters in 1928 by FBO.
Plot
Mickey and the Scorpions starts his own detective agency. Stinkie Davis kidnaps Mickey's Kid Brudder and hides him in a box headed for a science professor. Mickey and the gang catch up with Mickey's brother, but soon get into a fight with Stinkie and his pals. The kids use some of the Professor's bombs as ammunition; these bombs just so happen to contain chemicals similar to laughing gas, and they literally make the kids high as a kite. Stinkie finally throws a high explosive bomb, which lands in the mouth of Buster, the Scorpions' dog. The bomb is set to go off at a certain time of the day. Wanting to avoid getting blown up, the kids are forced to avoid Buster at all costs.
Notes
- An edited version was released to television in the 1960s as a part of the Those Lovable Scallawags With Their Gangs series.
- This was one of the few Mickey McGuire shorts without Jimmy Robinson. Another kid takes over for the role of 'Hambone'.
Cast
- Mickey Rooney - Mickey McGuire
- Unknown - Hambone Johnson
- Delia Bogard - Tomboy Taylor
- Marvin Stephens - Katrink
- Junior Johnston - Stinkie Davis
- Kendall McComas - Scorpions member