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Camera Sleuth

Camera Sleuth

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Crime   Documentary
📜 Overview: In this Pete Smith Specialty short, we see how real-life investigator Jo Goggin used a motion picture surveillance camera to gather evidence and disprove a fraudulent insurance claim.
🌏 Languages Available: English
📆 Date Released: 1951-04-28
⌚ Running Time: 10 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 5.0

Beloved Cast

Pete Smith original image
Narrator (voice)
Pete Smith
Jo A. Goggin original image
Himself
Jo A. Goggin
John Miljan original image
Herman Taphert (uncredited)
John Miljan

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