Following a lie detector test administered by Captain Mullins, they are cleared of suspicion and placed under protective custody, under the care of Gladys Harmon, proprietor of the Elite Café, who provides them with an alibi.

Upon learning of her inheritance, Gladys enlists the Stooges to accompany her to inspect her newly acquired mansion.

Unbeknownst to them, the mansion serves as a hideout for the actual criminals involved in the armored-car robbery, including Lefty Loomis, Red Watkins, and their accomplice, Angel.

Shivering Sherlocks was filmed on March 25–28, 1947;[1] it was remade in 1955 as Of Cash and Hash, using ample stock footage.

In 1941's Dutiful But Dumb, Curly tries to defeat a stubborn oyster; in Shivering Sherlocks, Moe is having problems with clam chowder.