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Director:
Jules White
Writer:
Felix Adler (story)
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Release Date:
5 February 1943 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Short more
Plot:
The stooges are carpenters who become policemen. A mysterious burglar disguised as a gorilla has the cops baffled and Mr... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Solid Effort by Masters of Comedy more (7 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:
Lynton Brent ... Crook (uncredited)
Bud Jamison ... Police Commissioner I. Doolittle (uncredited)
Dick Jensen ... Crook (uncredited)
John Tyrrell ... Mr. Dill (uncredited)
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Directed by
Jules White 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Felix Adler  story and screenplay

Produced by
Jules White .... producer
 
Cinematography by
Benjamin H. Kline  (as Benjamin Kline)
 
Film Editing by
Jerome Thoms 
 
Art Direction by
Carl Anderson 
 
Other crew
Del Lord .... director: archive footage (uncredited)
 
Crew believed to be complete


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Additional Details

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

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Larry: Hey, you only fell 14 feet! Why are ya getting sore?
Moe: [Pretending to be surprised] Is that all it was?
Larry: Yeah!
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Movie Connections:
Edited into Hook a Crook (1955) more

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Solid Effort by Masters of Comedy, 22 June 2005
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Author: spider63 from United States

I grew up watching the Stooges after school back when there were only a few TV Channels and no Cable TV. Now trying to get anyone to watch black and white is impossible, and that is a shame. The Three Stooges were great, not just because they were funny, but because they really worked hard to succeed in spite of Hollywood. They were Independants, and they were never accepted by Hollywood. Their humor was working class, and while it was often crude, it was all from the heart! It is too bad that intellectual snobs turn up their noses at the mention of The Three Stooges as great comedians.

This short combines the best of Stoogedom. It has the scary Gorilla, the Haunted House sub-plot, the sinister criminals, and the corrupt politician. When you consider the whole story, it really has a lot in it besides merely slapstick comedy. The story is fast-paced, and full of action. Often the best Stooge shorts combine all of their standard gags with fast-paced action, and for twenty minutes you escape into their amazing world of comedy. This Stooge short is not one of their all-time greatest (there are so many to choose from!), but it is definitely an A+ effort.

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