Are Crooks Dishonest?

1918Short⏱️ 13mNot Rated

ComedyShort

⭐ 6.2

IMDB Rating

401 votes

Con artists Harold and Snub attempt to outwit phony psychic Miss Goulash and her "professor" father.

Director

Gilbert Pratt

Writers

N/A

Stars

Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels, 'Snub' Pollard

Release Date

June 23, 1918

Language

None, English

Country

United States

💬 6

Reviews

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🎭 Top Cast

Harold Lloyd

as Harold

Bebe Daniels

as Miss Goulash

'Snub' Pollard

as Snub

William Blaisdell

as Professor Goulash

👤

Sammy Brooks

Lige Conley

as Man in park

William Gillespie

Helen Gilmore

as Old lady in park

Lew Harvey

as Policeman

👤

Gus Leonard

as Old man in park

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio

1.33 : 1

Sound

Silent

Color

Black and White

Filming Location

Hal Roach Studios - 8822 Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Production

Rolin Films

🏷️ Keywords

fake mediumfather daughter teamfather daughter relationshipfamily of con artistsfemale con artist

🎯 Categories

Screwball ComedySlapstickComedyShort

⭐ Featured Review

Are Crooks Dishonest? is an early Harold Lloyd comedy with him being less than heroic

by tavm • 2009-08-03

7/10

"I just watched this, an early Harold Lloyd short film that featured his "glasses" character on Kino Video's DVD of "The Harold Lloyd Collection". He's actually a con man with Snub Pollard as his partner who gets discovered by Bebe Daniels who herself performs fake séances. What she discovers is that Lloyd and Pollard bilk many customers by dropping fake rings that are "lost". I'll stop there and just say this was quite funny especially when Harold and Snub enter the place Bebe works and encounter some creepy contraptions and put on costumes like Snu..."