Punch Drunks

Punch Drunks (1934)

A Columbia 2 Reel Broadway Comedy

Moe discovers Curley's unknown boxing talent when he knocks out the Champ at a restaurant when Larry plays "Pop Goes the Weasal" on the violin. Moe becomes Curly's manager, and they win every fight, with the help of Larry. At the championship game, though, Larry's violin breaks. Curly is getting beat down bad when Larry makes his unexpected entrance and helps Curly prevail.

Date of release
1934-07-13
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (41)
Runtime
17m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Lou Breslow

Casting

Interesting facts

Punch Drunks is a 1934 short subject directed by Lou Breslow starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges. It is the second entry in the series released by Columbia Pictures starring the comedians, who released 190 short subjects for the studio between 1934 and 1959.

Production and significance

The story for Punch Drunks was developed by the Stooges, credited as "Jerry Howard, Larry Fine, and Moe Howard" and the actual screenplay was by Jack Cluett. According to Moe, the initial treatment of the script was originated by him; on its strength, the studio decided to produce the Stooges' next film sooner than scheduled. Filming was completed May 2–5, 1934.

In 2002, Punch Drunks was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant", the only Stooge film to achieve such an honor.

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