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What's the Matador? is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Jules White released in USA on 23 april 1942 with Moe Howard
What's the Matador? (1942)
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Add to a movie listWhat's the Matador? is the 62nd 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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The Stooges are vaudeville entertainers who trek to Mexico to perform their gag bullfight shtick, with Curly as the brave matador, and Moe and Larry dressed in a bull costume. Along the way, they cross paths with attractive senorita Dolores Sanchez (Suzanne Kaaren). They also cross paths with her evil jealous and hot-tempered man-hating husband named José (Harry Burns). In an act of revenge on Curly for flirting with Dolores, José pays the bullring attendants to release a live bull into the ring. Moe and Larry flee the ring, but Curly is unaware of the switch.Actors
Moe Howard
(Moe)
Larry Fine
(Larry)
Curly Howard
(Curly)
Suzanne Kaaren
(Dolores Sanchez)
Dorothy Appleby
(O'Brien's Secretary)
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