Punchy Cowpunchers

Punchy Cowpunchers (1950)

The Stooges are in the U.S. Cavalry in the Old West. They are sent undercover to the Red Dog Saloon to capture the killer Dillons

It is the old west and the Dillon clan are making life miserable for a small Western town. Sweetheart Nell (Christine McIntyre) and her dashing but dimwitted boyfriend Elmer (Jock Mahoney) rushes off to find help. Meanwhile, cavalrymen the Stooges are making life miserable for superior, Sergeant Mullins (Dick Wessel). Mullins tries to whip the boys into shape, but his plan backfire and has a run-in with his superior, Captain Daley (Emil Sitka). Daley informs Mullins about the Dillion clan's evildoings, and needs some men to run them out of town. Mullins does not miss a beat, and volunteers the unsuspecting Stooges.

Date of release
1950-01-05
TMDB
6.0 / 10 (8)
Runtime
18m
Genres
Comedy, Western
Director
Edward Bernds

Casting

Interesting facts

Punchy Cowpunchers is a 1950 short subject written and directed by Edward Bernds starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges. It is the 120th entry in the series released by Columbia Pictures starring the comedians, who released 190 shorts for the studio between 1934 and 1959.

Production notes

Punchy Cowpunchers was filmed on February 7–10, 1949 at the Columbia Ranch on Stages X and W. It is one of the few entries in the Stooge canon to feature an extensive musical soundtrack. It also features all four of the core supporting actors who appeared in the majority of the team's post-Curly films: Christine McIntyre, Kenneth MacDonald, Vernon Dent and Emil Sitka.

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