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Yankee Fakir (1947)

Yankee Fakir poster
Directed by
W. Lee Wilder
Genre
mystery film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 11m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A traveling salesman gets mixed up in a mystery involving a stolen artifact. He navigates a series of comedic misunderstandings and suspicious characters.

lightheartedwhimsicalplayfulquirkyfast-pacedmysteriousold-fashionedcomic

What happens

Yankee Fakir is a 1947 American comedy mystery film directed and produced by W. Lee Wilder and written by Richard S. Conway from a story by Mindret Lord. The film stars Douglas Fowley, Joan Woodbury, Clem Bevans, Ransom M. Sherman, Frank Reicher and Marc Lawrence. The film was released on April 1, 1947, by Republic Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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