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Who Done It? is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Erle C. Kenton released in USA on 6 november 1942 with Bud Abbott
Who Done It? (1942)
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Add to a movie listWho Done It? is a 1942 comedy-mystery film starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello.
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Chick Larkin (Bud Abbott) and Mervyn Milgrim (Lou Costello) both work at the soda counter of a local radio station. Their true passion, however, is to become writers on a radio mystery show. They attend a broadcast of the radio program Murder at Midnight along with one of the writers, Jimmy Turner (Patric Knowles) and the producer, Jane Little (Louise Allbritton).Actors
Bud Abbott
(Chick Larkin)
Lou Costello
(Mervin Q. Milgrim)
William Gargan
(Detective Inspector Lou)
Patric Knowles
(Jim Turner)
William Bendix
(Detective Sgt. Brannigan)
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