Merry Mavericks (1951)
The Stooges are wanted for vagrancy and head out west with cowboys and gunfire.
Set in the old west, the stooges are mistaken for lawmen and manage to capture a gang of crooks. The boys then get the job of guarding some money in an old house reputed to be haunted by the ghost of an Indian Chief. The crooks escape and go after the money disguised as ghosts, but Shemp, disguised as the Indian Chief, manages to knock them out.
- Date of release
- 1951-09-06
- TMDB
- 6.0 / 10 (5)
- Runtime
- 16m
- Genres
- Western, Comedy
- Director
- Edward Bernds
Casting
- Shemp Howard — Shemp
- Larry Fine — Larry
- Moe Howard — Moe
- Marion Martin — Gladys
- Paul Campbell — Clarence Cassidy
- Don C. Harvey — Red Morgan
- Emil Sitka — Mort (uncredited)
- Al Thompson — Bartender (uncredited)
- Blackie Whiteford — Al (uncredited)
Interesting facts
Merry Mavericks is a 1951 short subject directed by Edward Bernds starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges. It is the 133rd entry in the series released by Columbia Pictures starring the comedians, who released 190 shorts for the studio between 1934 and 1959.
Production notes
Merry Mavericks was filmed June 13–16, 1950, but not released until September 1951. It is a partial remake of Phony Express, using minimal stock footage from the original.
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