Flagpole Jitters(1956)
The Three Stooges hit a new high in low-down laughs
The stooges are taking care of their invalid friend Mary who is confined to wheelchair. At their jobs in a theater, where they hope to earn money for an operation for Mary, they witness a hypnotist, doing his act. The stooges become subjects for his show and are hypnotized into walking out on a flagpole high above the ground. When they come out of their trance and realize their predicament they fall into a window and foil a robbery in progress thus earning reward money to pay for Mary's operation.
Movie: Flagpole Jitters
Top 6 Billed Cast
Shemp
Larry
Moe
The Great Svengarlic
Insurance Adjustor (archive footage)
Mary (archive footage)
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The stooges are taking care of their invalid friend Mary who is confined to wheelchair. At their jobs in a theater, where they hope to earn money for an operation for Mary, they witness a hypnotist, doing his act. The stooges become subjects for his show and are hypnotized into walking out on a flagpole high above the ground. When they come out of their trance and realize their predicament they fall into a window and foil a robbery in progress thus earning reward money to pay for Mary's operation.
Release Date
1956-04-05
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5.833
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2.9 startsTagline
The Three Stooges hit a new high in low-down laughs
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