The Outlaws Is Coming (1965)

Director:

Norman Maurer

Writers:

Norman Maurer (story)
Elwood Ullman (screenplay)

Release Date:

1 January 1965 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Western

Tagline:

A Full-Length Gun-Slinging, Rip-Roaring Feature Film!

Plot:

Larry, Moe, and Curly Joe work for an editor at a Boston wildlife conservation magazine. They make such...

Plot Keywords:

Annie Oakley | Sharpshooter | The Three Stooges | 1870s | Buffalo

Cast

Joe DeRita	...	Curly-Joe (as The Three Stooges)
Larry Fine	...	Larry (as The Three Stooges)
Moe Howard	...	Moe (as The Three Stooges)
Adam West	...	Kenneth Cabot
Nancy Kovack	...	Annie Oakley
Mort Mills	...	Trigger Mortis
Don Lamond	...	Rance Roden
Rex Holman	...	Sunstroke Kid
Emil Sitka	...	Mr. Abernathy / Witch doctor / Cavalry colonel
Henry Gibson	...	Charlie Horse
Murray Alper	...	Chief Crazy Horse
Tiny Brauer	...	Bartender
Sidney Marion	...	Hammond
Jeffrey Scott	...	Kid (as Jeffrey Alan)
Marilyn Fox	...	Girl #1

Also Known As:

Three Stooges Meet the Gunslingers (UK)

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

B-Bar-B Buffalo Ranch, Gillette, Wyoming, USA

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

The title "The Outlaws is Coming!" is a joke referring to 'Alfred Hitchock (I)' 's The Birds (1963) that was promoted with blurb "The Birds is Coming!"

Quotes:

Johnny Ringo: [after shooting a telegraph delivery man] That'll teach ya to interrupt me when I'm swoonin' the gals!

Movie Connections:

Spoofs The Music Man (1962)

The Outlaws Is Coming is The Three Stooges Last film & Their Funniest!

In Their last feature film.The Three Stooges:Moe,Larry & Curly Joe De Rita are sent to Casper ,Wy. to stop The American Buffalo from being killed off and also to halt a Native American Uprising.Aided by A pre "Batman:Adam West and Nancy Kovacs.The boys,Mr.West and Ms.Kovacs stumble into a barrage

of sight gags,topical references,pies,and brawling.As they try to foil the evil scheame of western gandleader:"Rance Rodin"(Don Lamond)and his henchmen:"Trigger Mortis"(Played by former Perry Mason Show Cop:Mort Mills)and "The Sunstroke Kid"(Rex Holman)from killing off the Buffalo and aiding the indians in a war that could destroy the White American and Native American Races.The film also features some wonderful performances from former "Stooge Foils"Harold(Tiny)Brauer as a wisecracking bartender,Murray Alper as a gruff old Indian Chief and Emil Sitka.Who totally surpasses' himself by playing three Roles"Mr.Abernathy"The boys and Mr.West's not too understanding Boss,A Indian Medicine Man and a pompus US Calvery Officer.There is also a brief but memorable cameo from Henry Gibson(Yes! That zany poet.Who three years later would go onto tv fame as the hip bard on NBC TV's:Rowan & Martin's Laugh In!)as a hip Young Brave.And Nine of The USA's Most popular Kids tv hosts/performers Sally Starr,Paul Shannon,Wayne Mack,Hal Fryer,Bruce Seadley,Ed T.McDonnell,Johnny Ginger,Bill Camfield,and "Officer Joe"Bolton play The film's Nine Outlaws.Putting all of these element together.This is The Three Stooges Best Feature Film.