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

Columbia Pictures Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., Trade name, doing business as Columbia Pictures, is an American film Production company, production and Film distributor, distribution company that is the flagship unit of the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group ...

starring

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,

Dudley Dickerson Dudley Henry Dickerson Jr. (November 27, 1906September 23, 1968) was an African-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 Stoog ...

, and

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. Caree ...

Plot

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 during the night. They are unaware that the crate secrets 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