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The Nightshirt Bandit

The Nightshirt Bandit

1938Short⏱️ 19m
ComedyShort
7.1
IMDB Rating
41 votes

A criminology professor sets out to find the "sleepwalking bandit", but when he finally catches up with the somnambulistic thief, it's not quite who he thought it would be.

Director
Jules White
Writers
Aleen Leslie, Al Giebler, Elwood Ullman
Stars
Charley Chase, James C. Morton, Eva McKenzie
Release Date
October 28, 1938
Language
English
Country
United States
💬 3
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Charley Chase
Charley Chase
as Professor Chase
James C. Morton
James C. Morton
as Dr. Gideon Pruitt
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Eva McKenzie
as Mrs. Gray
Phyllis Barry
Phyllis Barry
as Mrs. Chase
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Marjorie Deanne
as Co-Ed
June Gittelson
June Gittelson
as Co-Ed
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
as Sam

🎬 Technical Specs

Color
Black and White
Production
Columbia Pictures

🏷️ Keywords

sleepwalkingprofessorcollege

🎯 Categories

ComedyShort

⭐ Featured Review

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by planktonrules2014-10-10
4/10

"This film is on the second volume of the Charley Chase shorts from Columbia. Interestingly, I noticed that the films became progressively worse as I watched them--like they deliberately stuck the bad ones at the end. This one was pretty bad, as it was amazingly silly (not in a good way) and relied too much on slapstick. In many ways it looked and sounded more like a Three Stooges Short (also from Columbia) than a Chase short. When the film begins, you learn that there is some weirdo out stealing things. He is a kleptomaniac sleepwalker and the university seems to be his target. So, the Dean g..."

📖 Synopsis

A criminology professor sets out to find the "sleepwalking bandit", but when he finally catches up with the somnambulistic thief, it's not quite who he thought it would be.