title: By hook or by crook (disambiguation)
text: # By hook or by crook (disambiguation)
  
  "By hook or by crook" is an English phrase meaning "by any means necessary".
  
  By hook or by crook may also refer to:
  
  ## Films
  
  * By Hook or Crook (film) -1918 American silent comedy film.
  * I Dood It - 1943 musical comedy film known by its UK title of By Hook or by Crook.
  * Hook a Crook - 1955 American short film.
  * By Hook or by Crook (1980 film) - a Hong Kong kung fu film.
  * By Hook or by Crook (2001 film) - an American queer buddy film.
  * Ek Aur Ek Gyarah: By Hook or by Crook - 2003 Hindi comedy film by Indian director David Dhawan.
  
  ## TV Episodes
  
  * By Hook or Crook - The 1984 10th episode of season 8 of the American romantic comedy drama The Love Boat.
  * By Hook or Crook - The 1993 54th episode of season 9 of the British police procedural The Bill
  * By Hook or Crook - The 1995 18th episode of season 2 of the American coming-of-age sitcom Boy Meets World.
  * .By Hook or Crook - The 2018 7th episode of season 9 of the American police procedural Blue Bloods.
  
  ## Books
  
  * American title of the 1946 novel The Spinster's Secret by Anthony Gilbert
  * By Hook or by Crook; A Journey in Search of English - a 2007 book by British linguist David Crystal.
  
  ## Music
  
  * By Hook or by Crook - A 1988 single by American R&B singer Marv Johnson.
  * By Hook or by Crook - A 2010 album by English folk band The Bad Shepherds.
  
  ## Board Games
  
  * Hoity Toity - a multiplayer board game known in the US as By Hook or by Crook.
  