Flagpole Jitters

Flagpole Jitters (1956)

05/04/1956
Comedy
16m

The Three Stooges hit a new high in low-down laughs

Overview

The stooges are taking care of their invalid friend Mary who is confined to wheelchair. At their jobs in a theater, where they hope to earn money for an operation for Mary, they witness a hypnotist, doing his act. The stooges become subjects for his show and are hypnotized into walking out on a flagpole high above the ground. When they come out of their trance and realize their predicament they fall into a window and foil a robbery in progress thus earning reward money to pay for Mary's operation.

  • Jules WhiteDirector
  • Felix AdlerWriter
  • Jack WhiteScreenplay
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    English

Top Billed Cast

Shemp Howard

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Shemp

Larry Fine

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Moe Howard

Moe Howard

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David Bond

David Bond

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Vernon Dent

Vernon Dent

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Mary Ainslee

Mary Ainslee

Mary (archive footage)

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