Blunder Boys | |
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Release Date |
November 3, 1955 |
Directed by |
Jules White |
Written by |
Felix Adler |
Produced by |
Jules White |
Preceded by |
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Followed by |
Blunder Boys is the 166th 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
- Shemp Howard
- Benny Rubin
- Angela Stevens
- Kenneth MacDonald
- Barbara Bartay
- Barbara Donaldson
- Bonnie Henjum
- Marjorie Jackson
- June Lebow
- Emil Sitka
- Frank Sully
- Al Thompson
Plot[]
After serving in the Army, the stooges decide to head off to college and major in criminology. Graduating with the lowest possible honors, the boys join the police force and they receive an assignment, which is to search for a bandit called the Eel who is going to rob the Biltless Hotel. They go to the hotel, but fail to catch the criminal or retrieve the money he stole. As a result, they are booted off the force and the three end up as ditch diggers.
Notes[]
- Blunder Boys was the last Stooge film featuring Shemp Howard that was not a remake of an older film. In addition, it would also be the last film released during his lifetime. Released on November 3, 1955, Howard died 19 days later.
- It is also one of the few to use the word Stooge to refer to one of the trio.
- The opening of music from Shot in the Frontier was re-used to high-pitched music in the shorts.
- This episode is actually Al Thompson's final appearance that he appeared with the Three Stooges. He appeared in some recycled stock footage episodes from some of the previous ones before appearing in this episode that it wasn't a remake from an older episode he appeared in with them. After his final appearance appearing with them that it wasn't a remake from an older episode he appeared in with them, he also appeared in three more recycled stock footage episodes from the three previous ones with the Three Stooges.
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