Movie: Hold That Lion!

Top 10 Billed Cast

Shemp Howard
Shemp Howard

Shemp

Larry Fine
Larry Fine

Larry

Moe Howard
Moe Howard

Moe

Kenneth MacDonald
Kenneth MacDonald

Icabod Slipp

Emil Sitka
Emil Sitka

Attorney

Dudley Dickerson
Dudley Dickerson

Pullman Porter

Curly Howard
Curly Howard

Curly - Sleeping Passenger (uncredited)

Heinie Conklin
Heinie Conklin

Train Conductor (uncredited)

Blackie Whiteford
Blackie Whiteford

Train Passenger (uncredited)

Victor Travis
Victor Travis

Bearded Man (uncredited)

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    Hold That Lion!

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    The stooges are scammed out of their inheritance by Icabob Slipp, a crooked lawyer. The boys follow Slipp onto a passenger train and corner him, but not before they accidentally let a lion loose on the train. The only Stooges SHORT where Moe, Curly and Shemp appear together.

  • Release Date

    1947-07-17

  • Average

    7

  • Rating:

    3.5 starts
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  • Languages:

    English

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