Dumb Dicks

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Dumb Dicks
Directed by Ralph Ceder
Distributed by RKO Radio Pictures
Release date
  • March 21, 1932 (1932-03-21)
Running time
19 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Dumb Dicks (1932) is an American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Ralph Ceder and starring Benny Rubin.

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Plot summary

Two incompetent private detectives pose as swamis in order to infiltrate a gang of bank robbers. [1]

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References

  1. "IMDB entry" . Retrieved July 19, 2011.