Dopey Dicks

Dopey Dicks
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
Release date
  • March 2, 1950 (1950-03-02) (U.S.)
Running time
 15:43
Country United States
Language English

Dopey Dicks is the 122nd short film released by Columbia Pictures in 1950 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.

Plot

The Stooges are janitors who have just finished moving furniture and assorted items into the office of a detective. Shemp fantasizes 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.

Production notes

The film title is a parody of Herman Melville's 1851 novel Moby-Dick.[1]

A colorized version of Dopey Dicks was released in 2007 as part of the DVD collection "Hapless Half-Wits."[2]

Dopey Dicks was one of four Stooge films included in the TBS 1992 Halloween special The Three Stooges Fright Night.

References

  1. ↑ Solomon, Jon. (2002) The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion, p. 348-349; Comedy III Productions, Inc., ISBN 0-9711868-0-4
  2. ↑ amazon.com


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