''Mickey the Detective'' is a 1928 silent

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's '' Mickey McGuire'' series starring a young Mickey Rooney. Directed by

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, the two-reel short was released to theaters in 1928 by

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Plot

Mickey and the Scorpions starts his own detective agency. Stinkie Davis kidnaps Mickey's Kid Brudder and hides him in a box headed for a science professor. Mickey and the gang catch up with Mickey's brother, but soon get into a fight with Stinkie and his pals. The kids use some of the Professor's bombs as ammunition; these bombs just so happen to contain chemicals similar to laughing gas, and they literally make the kids high as a kite. Stinkie finally throws a high explosive bomb, which lands in the mouth of Buster, the Scorpions' dog. The bomb is set to go off at a certain time of the day. Wanting to avoid getting blown up, the kids are forced to avoid Buster at all costs.

Notes

*An edited version was released to television in the 1960s as a part of the ''Those Lovable Scallawags With Their Gangs'' series. *This was one of the few Mickey McGuire shorts without Jimmy Robinson. Another kid takes over for the role of 'Hambone'.

Cast

* Mickey Rooney - Mickey McGuire * Jimmy Robinson - Hambone Johnson *

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- Tomboy Taylor *

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- Katrink *Buddy Brown - Stinkie Davis *

Kendall McComas Kendall McComas (October 29, 1916 – October 15, 1981) was an American child actor. Career Born in Holton, Kansas, McComas first appeared in the '' Mickey McGuire'' short subjects series as a member of Mickey McGuire's gang and stayed throug ...

- Scorpions member

External links

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