Pardon My Backfire

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Pardon My Backfire

Directed by	Jules White
Produced by	Jules White
Written by	Felix Adler Jack White
Starring	Moe Howard Larry Fine Shemp Howard Benny Rubin Frank Sully Phil Arnold Fred Kelsey Barbara Bartay Diana Darrin Angela Stevens Ruth White
Cinematography	Henry Freulich
Editing by	Edwin H. Bryant
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date(s)	August 15, 1953
Running time	15' 52"
Country	United States
Language	English
Preceded by	Spooks!
Followed by	Rip, Sew and Stitch
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Pardon My Backfire is the 149th short subject starring American slapstick comedy team the Three Stooges. The trio made a total of 190 shorts for Columbia Pictures between 1934 and 1959.

1 Plot
2 Production
3 See also
4 Further reading

[edit] Plot

The Stooges are auto mechanics who need money in order to marry their sweethearts. While working in their auto garage, some escaped convicts pull in with a damaged fender. While the trio are working on the vehicle, they hear a news flash over the radio about some escaped convicts. They put the pieces together and realize that the baddies are right in their garage. After capturing the crooks, their sweethearts show up and the Stooges delight in telling them about the reward money.

[edit] Production

Pardon My Backfire was the second and last short made by Columbia with the Stooges in 3-D.

[edit] See also

Spooks!

[edit] Further reading

Moe Howard and the Three Stooges; by Moe Howard (Citadel Press, 1977).
The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion; by Jon Solomon (Comedy III Productions, Inc., 2002).
The Three Stooges Scrapbook; by Jeff Lenburg, Joan Howard Maurer, Greg Lenburg (Citadel Press, 1994).
The Three Stooges: An Illustrated History, From Amalgamated Morons to American Icons; by Michael Fleming (Broadway Publishing, 2002).
One Fine Stooge: A Frizzy Life in Pictures; by Steve Cox and Jim Terry (Cumberland House Publishing, 2006).