Fright Night

Fright Night (1947)

Fight Managers Moe, Larry and Shemp are in a jam a local gangster has bet all his money that their champ will lose. This short marks the return of Shemp. Remade in

The Stooges are managers of "Chopper", a beefy boxer, and they bet their bankroll on his next fight.

Date of release
1947-03-06
TMDB
6.8 / 10 (8)
Runtime
17m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Edward Bernds

Casting

Interesting facts

Fright Night is a 1947 short subject directed by Edward Bernds starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges. It is the 98th entry in the series released by Columbia Pictures starring the comedians, who released 190 shorts for the studio between 1934 and 1959.

Production notes

Fright Night marked the return of Shemp Howard to the Stooges, who had last performed with the act 17 years prior. Shemp agreed to rejoin the act until brother Curly Howard recovered enough to return to the Stooges (Curly never did). It was filmed June 5–8, 1946: production commenced less than one month after Curly suffered a debilitating stroke on May 6. The film was remade in 1955 as Fling in the Ring, using ample stock footage.

A lifelong boxing fan, Fright Night was Shemp's favorite Stooge film.

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