Have Rocket, Will Travel

Have Rocket, Will Travel (1959)

Hilarious mixture of missiles and mirth!

The Stooges are janitors working at a space center who accidentally blast off to Venus. They encounter a talking unicorn, a giant fire breathing tarantula, and an alien computer who has destroyed all human life on the planet and creates three evil duplicates of the Stooges. When the boys return home triumphant, they are given a hero's welcome.

Date of release
1959-08-01
TMDB
5.3 / 10 (23)
Runtime
1h 16m
Genres
Comedy, Science Fiction
Director
David Lowell Rich

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Los Angeles

Have Rocket, Will Travel is a 1959 American science-fiction comedy film released by Columbia Pictures and starring the Three Stooges, consisting of Moe Howard, Larry Fine and new addition Joe DeRita. The film was produced to capitalize on the Three Stooges' late-1950s resurgence in popularity. The supporting cast features Anna-Lisa and Robert Colbert.

Production

Have Rocket, Will Travel was Joe DeRita's inaugural screen appearance with the Stooges. He had replaced Joe Besser when Columbia ceased production of the Stooges' shorts series. The title is a play on the title of the popular television show of the time, Have Gun – Will Travel. Filming was completed over 13 days between May 18 and June 1, 1959.

Although billed as such, the film was not the first starring feature for the Three Stooges. Their first feature film was Rockin' in the Rockies (1945), which is also the only feature film with Moe, Larry and Curly. The Three Stooges had also starred in the 1951 film Gold Raiders with George O'Brien during the Shemp Howard era, and had supporting roles in several 1930s films when they were affiliated with Ted Healy, including Dancing Lady with Joa…

The space-travel theme of Have Rocket, Will Travel was prevalent in the late 1950s. The Stooges had already filmed three shorts for Columbia based on this theme (Space Ship Sappy, Outer Space Jitters and Flying Saucer Daffy). They would appear in another space-themed comedy feature in 1962, The Three Stooges in Orbit.

In the original cut, the Stooges were the only people shown after the rocket-launch scene early in the film, but the studio insisted on a party scene in order to introduce other characters.

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