Flagpole Jitters
“The Three Stooges hit a new high in low-down laughs”
1956•16m•6.0•Released
Comedy
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.
Director
Jules White
Writer
Felix Adler, Jack White
Languages
English
Studio
Columbia Pictures
Cast
Shemp Howard
Shemp
Larry Fine
Larry
Moe Howard
Moe
David Bond
The Great Svengarlic
Vernon Dent
Insurance Adjustor (archive footage)
Mary Ainslee
Mary (archive footage)
Production
Company
Columbia Pictures
Producer
Jules White
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