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Director:
Del Lord
Writers:
Monte Collins (story)
Elwood Ullman (story)
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Release Date:
23 April 1942 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Western | Short more
Plot:
The stooges are living with their mother who persuades them its time to leave home and seek their fortune... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Incomprehensible and utterly impractical. more (5 total)

Cast

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Curly Howard ... Curly (as Curly)
Larry Fine ... Larry (as Larry)
Moe Howard ... Moe (as Moe)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ernie Adams ... Stumpy (smaller prospector) (uncredited)
Monte Collins ... Ma Stooge (uncredited)
Vernon Dent ... Heavyset prospector (uncredited)
Eddie Laughton ... Gold mine 'salesman' (uncredited)
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Directed by
Del Lord 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Monte Collins  story and screenplay (as Monty Collins)
Elwood Ullman  story and screenplay

Produced by
Del Lord .... producer
Hugh McCollum .... producer
 
Cinematography by
Benjamin H. Kline  (as Benjamin Kline)
 
Film Editing by
Jerome Thoms 
 
Music Department
Ben Oakland .... composer: stock music (uncredited)
 

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Runtime:
USA:17 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
Australia:G
Company:
Columbia Pictures Corporation more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
In the shot with Curly Howard literally flying along with the gold finding arrow, if you look closely, you can see that he's not just yelling, but that his lips are moving saying "HEYYYYYYY MOE!!!" more
Quotes:
[after Curly fires another arrow, and then finds that the Heavyset Prospector has it, after the arrow hit him in the butt, detecting the 'poke of gold' he had put in his back pocket]
Curly: Hey, that belongs to me!
Heavyset prospector: [Matter-of-fact] That's all I wanted to know!
[He fires his gun, spinning Curly's hat the other way. The three run off]
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3 out of 4 people found the following comment useful.
Incomprehensible and utterly impractical., 26 June 2001
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Author: wbhickok (wbhickok@hotmail.com) from Earth

Although to pick an absolute favorite Stooge short would be near impossible, this one ranks near the top. As the trio are gold prospectors this time around who stumble upon a lost mine. Monty Collins (who co-wrote the screenplay) is hilarious as 'Ma' Stooge. Fans of the group will not be dissapointed.

Ma Stooge: (sobbing) "Goodbye boys, here's five dollars.

Curly: Thanks!

Ma Stooge: (angrily) You would take it! (SMACK!!)

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