Phony Express

Phony Express is the 75th short subject starring American slapstick comedy team the Three Stooges. The trio made a total of 190 shorts for Columbia Pictures between 1934 and 1959.

Cast

 * Moe Howard
 * Larry Fine
 * Curly Howard
 * Shirley Patterson
 * Bud Jamison
 * Ernie Adams
 * Sally Cleaves
 * Chester Conklin
 * Tex Cooper
 * Joe Friedkin
 * Joe Garcio
 * George Gray
 * Herman Hack
 * Ray Jones
 * John Merton
 * George Morrell
 * "Snub" Pollard
 * Gwen Seager
 * Victor Travis
 * Blackie Whiteford

Plot
The sheriff of Peaceful Gulch places a picture of the Stooges in the paper, claiming they are famous marshals coming to rid the little town of its criminals. Despite this, the boys are almost chased out of the town after nearly poisoning the ill sheriff who is suffering from lumbago. The sheriff finally puts them in charge of guarding the bank, which gets robbed while their backs are turned. To avoid being hanged, the Stooges search the area, with Curly in bloodhound mode. The Stooges eventually discover the stolen money, but not before almost being discovered by the main outlaw, Red.

Trivia

 * This was the last Three Stooges short co-written by Monte Collins.
 * There seems to be a timing mistake with the explosion sound effect where it happens a couple seconds before the sheriff pratfalls.