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Flagpole Jitters

Flagpole Jitters

The Three Stooges hit a new high in low-down laughs

Genres

Comedy

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The stooges are taking care of their invalid friend Mary who is confined to wheelchair. At their jobs in a theater, where they hope to earn money for an operation for Mary, they witness a hypnotist, doing his act. The stooges become subjects for his show and are hypnotized into walking out on a flagpole high above the ground. When they come out of their trance and realize their predicament they fall into a window and foil a robbery in progress thus earning reward money to pay for Mary's operation.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

16 mins

Rating

5/10

Release Date

05 April 1956

Country

United States of America

Cast

Shemp Howard

Shemp Howard

Shemp

Larry Fine

Larry Fine

Larry

Moe Howard

Moe Howard

Moe

David Bond

David Bond

The Great Svengarlic

Vernon Dent

Vernon Dent

Insurance Adjustor (archive footage)

Mary Ainslee

Mary Ainslee

Mary (archive footage)

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