''Phoney Cronies'' is a 1942 American comedy short by

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El Brendel Elmer Goodfellow "El" Brendel (March 25, 1890 – April 9, 1964) was an American vaudeville comedian turned movie star, best remembered for his dialect routine as a Swedish immigrant. His biggest role was as "Single-0" in the sci-fi musical ' ...

Tom Kennedy Thomas or Tom Kennedy may refer to: Politics *Thomas Kennedy (Scottish judge) (1673–1754), joint Solicitor General for Scotland 1709–14, Lord Advocate 1714, Member of Parliament for Ayr Burghs 1720–21 * Thomas Kennedy, 9th Earl of Cassilis ...

Dudley Dickerson Dudley Henry Dickerson Jr. (November 27, 1906September 23, 1968) was an American film actor. Born in Chickasha, Oklahoma, he appeared in nearly 160 films between 1932 and 1952, and is best remembered for his roles in several Three Stooges films ...

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Monte Collins Monte Collins (also credited as Monty Collins; December 3, 1898 – June 1, 1951) was an American film actor and screenwriter. He appeared in more than 160 films between 1920 and 1948. He also wrote for 32 films between 1930 and 1951. Career ...

. In the short, Oley (El Brendel), Tom (Tom Kennedy), and Petty Larsen (Dudley Dickerson), employees of a storage company, are tasked with bringing a crate of artifacts to a museum in the middle of the night. They don't know, however, that the crate really contains a thief who intends to rob the museum of its priceless Buddha statue.

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* 1942 films Columbia Pictures short films 1942 comedy films American comedy short films Films directed by Harry Edwards (director) American black-and-white films 1940s American films {{short-comedy-film-stub