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Flying Saucer Daffy is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Jules White released in USA on 9 october 1958 with Moe Howard
Flying Saucer Daffy (1958)
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Add to a movie listFlying Saucer Daffy is the 187th short subject that stars American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges. The trio made a total of 190 shorts for Columbia Pictures between 1934 and 1959.
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Joe's accidental snapshot of a paper plate blown by a breeze, is mistaken for a picture of a UFO. However, Moe and Larry take the credit for the photo, and are paid a huge sum. Angered, Joe leaves the boys for a camping trip, only to meet two genuine and beautiful aliens from Planet Zircon who allow Joe to photograph them. Moe and Larry end up arrested when their UFO picture is revealed to be a fraud. They are put in straitjackets and incarcerated in a psychiatric hospital while Joe becomes a national hero.Actors
Moe Howard
(Moe)
Larry Fine
(Larry)
Joe Besser
(Joe)
Emil Sitka
(Mr. Barton - President of 'Facts and Figures' Magazine)
Harriette Tarler
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