This Robert Benchley 'How To' comedy short attempts to teach us how to profile criminals by physical characteristics.
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Robert Benchley
Mr. Benchley
Arthur Hoyt
Worried Citizen (uncredited)
Dewey Robinson
McNulty (uncredited)
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