Nutty But Nice

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Nutty But Nice is a 1940 Three Stooges film in which the Stooges are restaurant entertainers who are helping a sick little girl track down her kidnapped father.

[edit] Plot

The Stooges, who are restaurant entertainers, are asked by a doctor to cheer up a little girl who is sick because her father, who works in the bank, is kidnapped by the mob along with bonds worth $50,000. They try unsuccessfully to cheer her up so they decide to look for her father. As they do, they overhear some yodeling from a radio that one of the mobsters switched on; he has the little girl's father tied to a bed. They decide to see if her father is there. They manage to knock out the mobster and free the little girl's father. Just as they are ready to escape, three more mobsters come back so the Stooges and the father block the door, making their own escape harder. Then the little girl's father uses the dumbwaiter to escape to the basement. He goes first. Curly goes next but he forgets to release the lever of the dumbwaiter when he gets out, so the bottom breaks off when raised. When Moe and Larry get on, they fall all the way to the basement and land on Curly and the father. Moe gets so angry at Curly for breaking the dumbwaiter that he uses a plank to hit him with, and smashes the overhead light. They use matches to see, but they always go out. Then suddenly, the mobsters come to the basement and grab the them just as the light on a match goes out. When Curly lights a candle he knocks everybody out, including Moe, Larry, and the little girl's father. Just as Curly starts to wake up Moe and Larry with water, they fall out of the way and the water hit the unconscious mobsters! When they wake up, Curly uses a pot to knock them out again and accidentally hits Moe on the head. They call the cop and the father is able to unite with her daughter.