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How to Be a Detective
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How to Be a Detective

1952-12-12 · 7 min · ★ 6.7

Animation

Goofy is "Johnny Eyeball, Private Eye" who gets mixed up in a surreal whodunnit involving a classy dame, a cop, weasels, and the mysterious missing Al.

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Directors
Jack Kinney
Production companies
Walt Disney Productions
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Status
Released

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Pinto ColvigPinto ColvigGoofy
Billy BletcherBilly BletcherPete - Al Muldoon (voice)
June ForayJune ForayThe Dame

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