A Snitch in Time

A Snitch in Time (1950)

The Stooges Are Squeezing Out More Laughs Than Ever!

The Stooges are painters who are re-staining some furniture at a boarding house, unaware that a gang of bank robbers has its hideout there.

Date of release
1950-12-07
TMDB
6.1 / 10 (7)
Runtime
17m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Edward Bernds

Casting

Interesting facts

A Snitch in Time is a 1950 short subject directed by Edward Bernds starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges. It is the 128th entry in the series released by Columbia Pictures starring the comedians, who released 190 shorts for the studio between 1934 and 1959.

Production notes

A Snitch in Time was filmed December 13–16, 1949, the last Stooge film produced in the 1940s. It has been consistently ranked as the most violent Stooge film of the Shemp era. Unlike the Curly-era equivalent They Stooge to Conga (1943), in which all three Stooges receive their fair share of abuse, most of the violence in A Snitch in Time is directed at Moe.

David J. Hogan, author of the 2011 book Three Stooges FAQ, commented that "kids of the day—before bicycle helmets, seat belts, and moratoriums on peanut butter—loved this kind of torment. It's still funny today, but you keep waiting for the spray of blood." Hogan adds that a February 2001 post to the website www.threestooges.net commented that "Only Dawn of the Dead (1978) gives you more pain for your entertainment dollar".

Although Columbia short subject head/director Jules White was known for the usage of excessive violence in his films, A Snitch in Time was directed by Edward Bernds, who always maintained that the violence was not to be excessive in the films he directed.

The title A Snitch in Time parodies the aphorism "a stitch in time saves nine."

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