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Merry Mavericks is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Edward Bernds released in USA on 6 september 1951 with Moe Howard
Merry Mavericks (1951)
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Add to a movie listMerry Mavericks is the 133rd short subject starring 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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Set in the Old West, Peaceful Gulch is not so peaceful as Morgan (Don C. Harvey) and his roughnecks have run the sheriff out of town. In attempt to bring normalcy back to their little town, some of the sheriff's posse concoct a scheme to trick Morgan and his hombres into thinking that there are three famous marshalls headed into town to bring back law and order.Actors
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Genres Comedy
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Actors Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard, Emil Sitka, Kitty McHugh, Danny Sue Nolan
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Themes Buddy films
Actors Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard, Dee Green, Emil Sitka, Christine McIntyre
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Shemp plays a voice instructor and the object of affection to tone-deaf vocal student Miss Dinkelmeyer (Dee Green), with Larry his musical accompanist. After an excruciating session, Moe enters his classroom to tell Shemp that his uncle had died and left him an inheritance of $500,000. However, Shemp cannot collect the money unless he is married (which horrifies Shemp) within 48 hours after the reading of the will (leaving him only a few hours). Shemp uses his filled-up black address book to propose to any and all women he has ever known, with unsuccessful results. With time running out, Moe and Larry lead Shemp through a series of disastrous situations including the destruction of a phone booth and Shemp being beaten silly by a woman named Miss Hopkins (Christine McIntyre), who had just moved into the building.
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Actors Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard, Christine McIntyre, Jock Mahoney, Stanley Blystone
Rating73%
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Directed by Edward Bernds
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Actors Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard, Christine McIntyre, Jock Mahoney, Kenneth MacDonald
Rating73%
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Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Western
Themes Buddy films
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