The Devil with Hitler (1942)
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Adolf Hitler, Benito and Suki Yaki are placed in a series of Three-Stooges routines, with the premise that the Board of Directors of Hell has put the Devil on notice they intend to replace him with Adolf Hitler unless he can get Hitler to commit a good deed. The devil has his work cut out for him, and doesn't appear likely to escape being replaced by the German leader.
- Date of release
- 1942-10-18
- TMDB
- 5.9 / 10 (9)
- Runtime
- 44m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Gordon Douglas
Casting
- Alan Mowbray — Gesatan
- Bobby Watson — Adolf Hitler
- George E. Stone — Suki Yaki
- Joe Devlin — Benito Mussolini
- Herman Bing — Louis
- Marjorie Woodworth — Linda Kraus
- Sig Arno — Julius
- Rudolph Anders — Nazi Officer at Hitler's filmed Speech (uncredited)
- Sven Hugo Borg — Gestapo Guard (uncredited)
- Jack Chefe — Prisoner (uncredited)
- Tom Coleman — Gestapo Officer (uncredited)
- Arno Frey — Gestapo Guard (uncredited)
Interesting facts
The Devil with Hitler is a black-and-white 1942 comedy short propaganda film that was one of Hal Roach's Streamliners short film series. When the board of directors of Hell want Adolf Hitler to take charge, the Devil tries to save his job by making the German dictator perform a good deed.
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