Knutzy Knights

Knutzy Knights (1954)

The Stooges are troubadours who help the princess and Cedric the blacksmith unite in love and save the kingdom.

Set in Elizabethan times, the stooges help their friend Cedric the Blacksmith win the hand of the fair princess Elaine. The only problem is that Elaine is promised to the Black Prince who is plotting to take over the kingdom. The stooges manage to foil the plot and the grateful King allows Cedric to marry Elaine.

Date of release
1954-09-02
TMDB
6.5 / 10 (8)
Runtime
17m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Jules White

Casting

Interesting facts

Knutzy Knights is a 1954 short subject directed by Jules White starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges. It is the 156th entry in the series released by Columbia Pictures starring the comedians, who released 190 shorts for the studio between 1934 and 1959.

Production notes

Knutzy Knights is a remake of Squareheads of the Round Table (1948), using ample stock footage; new scenes were filmed on January 18–19, 1954.

Knutzy Knights is notable for being the last film featuring new footage of longtime Stooge foil Vernon Dent. Dent was aged 58 at the time of filming and losing his eyesight from the effects of Type 2 diabetes. (He would be completely blind by the time of Shemp Howard's death in November 1955.) Dent appeared in six more Stooge films after Knutzy Knights, via recycled footage: Of Cash and Hash, Bedlam in Paradise (both 1955), Flagpole Jitters, Rump…

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