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| Phoney Cronies | |
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| Directed by | Harry Edwards |
| Starring | El Brendel George J. Lewis (Uncredited) Ned Glass (Uncredited) George Ovey (Uncredited) |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 18 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Phoney Cronies is a 1942 American comedy short by Columbia Pictures starring El Brendel, Tom Kennedy, Dudley Dickerson, and Monte Collins.
Oley (El Brendel), Tom (Tom Kennedy), and Petty Larsen (Dudley Dickerson), employees of a storage company, are tasked with bringing a crate of artifacts to a museum during the night. They are unaware that the crate secrets a thief who intends to rob the museum of its priceless Buddha statue.
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