You Nazty Spy! (1940)

User Rating:

8.1/10   

Director:

Jules White

Writers:

Felix Adler (story)
Clyde Bruckman (story)

Release Date:

19 January 1940 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Short

Plot:

In this satire of the Nazis the stooges are paperhangers in the country of Moronica. When evil cabinet ministers overthrow the king...

Plot Keywords:

Spy | Paperhanger | Dictator | Lion | Hitler

Cast

Curly Howard	...	Curly Gallstone (as Curly)
Larry Fine	...	Larry Pebble (as Larry)
Moe Howard	...	Moe Hailstone (as Moe)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Don Beddoe	...	Mr. Amscray (uncredited)
Dick Curtis	...	Mr. Ohnay (uncredited)
Florine Dickson	...	Miss Pfiffernuss (uncredited)
Richard Fiske	...	Mr. Ixnay (uncredited)
Lorna Gray	...	Mattie Herring (uncredited)
Eddie Laughton	...	Second Minister (uncredited)
Joe Murphy	...	Peasant (uncredited)
'Little Billy' Rhodes	...	Bellboy (uncredited)
Al Thompson	...	Third Minister (uncredited)
John Tyrrell	...	First Minister (uncredited)
Bert Young	...	Storm Trooper (uncredited)

Directed by
Jules White

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Felix Adler		story and screenplay (as Felix Alder)
Clyde Bruckman		story and screenplay

Produced by
Jules White	....	producer

Cinematography by
Harry Davis

Film Editing by
Art Seid		(as Arthur Seid)

Production Companies

• Columbia Pictures Corporation

Distributors

• Columbia Pictures
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Screen Gems (1958) (USA) (TV)

Also Known As:

Oh, You Natzy Spy! (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

18 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

Was the first Hollywood film to spoof Adolf Hitler, released nine months before Charles Chaplin's more famous The Great Dictator (1940).

Quotes:

Mr. Ixnay: No, no, no. You're through with papering. My partners and I are going to make you Dictator of Moronica."

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Three Stooges (2000) (TV)

The Stooges funniest and most poignant one ever

The Three Stooges must've known what was goin' on in Germany (all three are Jewish), so thety decided to do a parody. It is not only they're funniest one yet, but also the'yre most meaningful (I thought this parody was much better than the Groucho Marx one in 1938). Here, The stooges play Hailstone, Gailstone and pebble. They become the heads of Moronica (I love the slogan: Moronica for Morons) and start to create chaos. Very smart comedy, including scarily right on impression of Moe doing Hitler (though I crack up at the thought of him speaking) and Curly doing Mussolini. Gags of course, but the puns are hilarious as well. A++