7.8 /10 1 Votes7.8
Initial release 15 June 1953 Film series Three Stooges Films | 78% Rotten Tomatoes Running time 15:44 Director Jules White Producer Jules White | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Moe HowardLarry FineShemp HowardPhilip Van ZandtTom KennedyNorma RandallFrank Mitchell Release date June 15, 1953 (1953-06-15) (U.S.) Cast Similar Pardon My Backfire, Tricky Dicks, Rip - Sew and Stitch, Loose Loot, Bubble Trouble | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Three stooges in spooks 1953
Spooks! is the 148th short film released by Columbia Pictures in 1953 starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Shemp Howard). The comedians released 190 short films for the studio between 1934 and 1959.
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Plot
The Stooges are private detectives that are hired to track down a kidnapped girl name Mary Bopper (Norma Randall), daughter of George B. Bopper. They decide to trace Bopper back to where she was last seen, which leads them to mad scientist Dr. Jeckyl (Philip Van Zandt) and his assistant, Mr. Hyde (Tom Kennedy). There is also a gorilla kept imprisoned in the house for experimental purposes. The Stooges arrive to rescue the kidnapped girl disguised as door-to door pie salesmen.
In popular culture
Spooks! was one of five Stooge films included in the TBS 1995 Halloween special The Three Stooges Fright Night.