Pest Man Wins (1951)
The Stooges are exterminators who drum up business by supplying the insects and mice.
The stooges are pest exterminators who drum up business by planting vermin in a ritzy mansion where a party is going on. The boys are hired, but must dress as guests to work unobserved. They disrupt the party and a wild pie fight ensues.
- Date of release
- 1951-12-06
- TMDB
- 6.0 / 10 (5)
- Runtime
- 16m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Jules White
Casting
- Shemp Howard — Shemp
- Larry Fine — Larry
- Moe Howard — Moe
- Nanette Bordeaux — Fifi
- Vernon Dent — Mr. Philander
- Heinie Conklin — Party Guest (uncredited)
- Symona Boniface — Mrs. Smythe-Smythe (uncredited) (Archive footage)
- Emil Sitka — Meadows
Interesting facts
Pest Man Wins is a 1951 short subject directed by Jules White starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges. It is the 136th entry in the series released by Columbia Pictures starring the comedians, who released 190 shorts for the studio between 1934 and 1959.
Production notes
Pest Man Wins was filmed on February 12–15, 1951. It is a remake of Ants in the Pantry (1936) using minimal stock footage. In addition, a pie fight scene is recycled footage from In the Sweet Pie and Pie (1941) and Half-Wits Holiday (1947).
The title is a parody of the expression "the best man wins."
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