Professor Creeps
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70% Critic Match

Professor Creeps

AN ALL STAR-COLORED CAST

7.0 / 10 1942 1h 3mNR English
Comedy

Storyline

Two cut-rate private detectives are broke, hungry and down to their last nickel. They decide to hock their banjo in order to get some money for food, and while one partner is negotiating the deal, the other one falls asleep and dreams that a wealthy society matron has hired them to investigate a string of suitors.

Cast & Crew

Mantan Moreland

Mantan Moreland

Washington

Lead
F.E. Miller

F.E. Miller

Jefferson

AR

Arthur Ray

Prof. Whackingham Creeps

Florence O'Brien

Florence O'Brien

Daffodil Dixon

Maceo Bruce Sheffield

Maceo Bruce Sheffield

Shylock the Landlord

MW

Marguerite Whitten

Mrs. Green

Shelton Brooks

Shelton Brooks

Jackson

JC

Jessie Cryer

Mr. Green

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. William Beaudine's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. Professor Creeps is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker