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Back from the Front(1943)
Status: Released
Date: 1943-05-28
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13 Votes
Time: 0h 18m
Any resemblance between the characters in this picture and other human beings is a dirty shame.
Overview:
The Stooges join the war effort by enlisting at Merchant Marines. While aboard, they have a brief run-in with (a secret German Nazi officer) Lt. Dungen (Vernon Dent), and then mistake a torpedo for a beached whale. Moe says they have to kill it, and it promptly explodes. After being lost at sea for several days, they come across the SS Schicklgruber and climb aboard. Now with fully grown beards, they come across Lt. Dungen again, who does not recognize them. After realizing they are on a German war ship they eventually overtake the crew and toss them overboard.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
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Movie: Back from the Front
Top 10 Billed Cast
Curly Howard
Curly
Larry Fine
Larry
Moe Howard
Moe
Stanley Blystone
Herr Capitan (uncredited)
Vernon Dent
Lt. Dungen (uncredited)
Bud Jamison
Petty Officer (uncredited)
Adele Mara
Dizzy (uncredited)
Al Thompson
German Officer / German Sailor (uncredited)
Jack 'Tiny' Lipson
Huge German Sailor (uncredited)
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Overview
The Stooges join the war effort by enlisting at Merchant Marines. While aboard, they have a brief run-in with (a secret German Nazi officer) Lt. Dungen (Vernon Dent), and then mistake a torpedo for a beached whale. Moe says they have to kill it, and it promptly explodes. After being lost at sea for several days, they come across the SS Schicklgruber and climb aboard. Now with fully grown beards, they come across Lt. Dungen again, who does not recognize them. After realizing they are on a German war ship they eventually overtake the crew and toss them overboard.
Release Date
1943-05-28
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7.308
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3.7 startsTagline
Any resemblance between the characters in this picture and other human beings is a dirty shame.
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