So You Think You're Not Guilty
A lighthearted 1950s comedy short about a hapless everyman whose minor traffic violation spirals into absurd legal consequences through his own bumbling.
Joe McDoakes pleads "not guilty" to a traffic violation but is convicted anyway. Handling this setback in his usual manner, the two-dollar fine quickly pyramids to a 10-year jail sentence.
Essence
Ensemble
George O'Hanlon
Joe McDoakes
Phyllis Coates
Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
Douglas Fowley
Convict (uncredited)
Don C. Harvey
Officer Flanagan (uncredited)
Fred Kelsey
Police Turnkey (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp
Juror (uncredited)
Nolan Leary
Judge (uncredited)
Frank Marlowe
Joe's Cellmate (uncredited)
Jack Mower
Bailiff (uncredited)
Paul Panzer
Juror (uncredited)
Ralph Sanford
Prison Warden (uncredited)
Ted Stanhope
Battin, Joe's Defense Attorney (uncredited)
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