The Stooges escape from jail in order to save their father from gangsters and a beautiful gold-digger.The Stooges escape from jail in order to save their father from gangsters and a beautiful gold-digger.The Stooges escape from jail in order to save their father from gangsters and a beautiful gold-digger.
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Moe Howard
- Moe
- (as Moe)
Larry Fine
- Larry
- (as Larry)
Curly Howard
- Curly
- (as Curly)
- …
Frank Austin
- Prison Guard
- (uncredited)
Lynton Brent
- Hat Salesman
- (uncredited)
Lew Davis
- Wedding Guest
- (uncredited)
Charles Dorety
- Wedding Guest
- (uncredited)
Eddie Laughton
- Chopper's Henchman
- (uncredited)
Lucille Lund
- Daisy
- (uncredited)
Frank Mills
- Chopper
- (uncredited)
Cy Schindell
- Wedding Guest
- (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook
- Chopper's Henchman
- (uncredited)
Al Thompson
- Pop's Butler
- (uncredited)
Elaine Waters
- Wedding Guest
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaCurly was injured in the scene where two henchmen push him down an elevator shaft. He landed head-first and his scalp was opened. A studio physician stitched up the injury; the results are visible in the scene where Curly is trying on hats.
- GoofsWhen Moe and Larry pick up Curly to use his head to break through their cell wall; just before they hit the wall, the man changes to a man with hair (probably a stunt man).
- ConnectionsEdited into Up in Daisy's Penthouse (1953)
Featured review
Not One Of The Stooges' Best, But We See Curly In A Dual Role
The boys break out of jail and go home to try and stop their pappy from being taken advantage of by a gold digger and from gangsters. Curly plays a dual role, taking over as the father. I guess that's most distinguishing feature of this so-so Three Stooges short. They didn't do anything, makeup wise, to Curly except to put big sideburns on him. That makes him 20 years older? No, he looks the same. It turns out, however, that is part of the story as we later get a "mistaken identity" angle where the bimbo thinks Curly is the old man.
Overall, this wasn't one of the Stooges best, especially in an era where they were really on a roll. Hey, you can't get a gem every time.
Note: If you watch enough of these Three Stooges in a short period of time, such as a couple of the DVDs, you see repeating scenes and comic lines. That was the case here in the opening jail scene. I saw and heard three jokes I had just seen in other episodes! Actually, this could have been the first usage of the jokes since it was done fairly early (1937) in the boys' careers. Whatever; fortunately, new material came after that in this episode, but you wonder how many of the same lines and jokes, and stock footage was used over the years.
Overall, this wasn't one of the Stooges best, especially in an era where they were really on a roll. Hey, you can't get a gem every time.
Note: If you watch enough of these Three Stooges in a short period of time, such as a couple of the DVDs, you see repeating scenes and comic lines. That was the case here in the opening jail scene. I saw and heard three jokes I had just seen in other episodes! Actually, this could have been the first usage of the jokes since it was done fairly early (1937) in the boys' careers. Whatever; fortunately, new material came after that in this episode, but you wonder how many of the same lines and jokes, and stock footage was used over the years.
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- Feb 27, 2008
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- Five Dumb Clucks
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- Runtime17 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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