Dopey Dicks
| Dopey Dicks | |
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| Directed by | Edward Bernds |
| Produced by | Hugh McCollum |
| Written by | Elwood Ullman |
| Starring |
Moe Howard Larry Fine Shemp Howard Christine McIntyre Philip Van Zandt Stanley Price |
| Cinematography | Vincent J. Farrar |
| Edited by | Henry DeMond |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 15' 43" |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Dopey Dicks is the 122nd 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. This short was released in 1950 and features Shemp Howard, Moe Howard and Larry Fine.
Plot
The Stooges are janitors who have just finished moving furniture and assorted items into the office of a detective. Shemp fantisizes about the exciting life of a private eye, when a beautiful blonde in distress (Christine McIntyre) rushes in begging for help, claiming she is being followed. While the Stooges search the hallways, she quickly scribbles a note and is captured by a mysterious figure.
The Stooges follow her note to a dark house on Mortuary Road where an evil scientist (Philip Van Zandt) is building an army of robot men. Fanning out to search, Shemp finds the girl tied up and gagged in a curtained alcove at the end of the main hallway. The scientist and his assistant (Stanley Price) then try to dispose of the Stooges, but the Stooges overcome the odds and escape with the girl in a car driven by one of the scientist's robots.
In popular culture
Dopey Dicks was one of four Stooge films included in the TBS 1992 Halloween special The Three Stooges Fright Night.
