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May 28 / Prod. No. 522 / 19
m / p d Jules White / st
scr Jack White and Ewart Adamson / ph
John Stumar / e Edwin
Bryant / a Carl Anderson
/ C: Vernon Dent (Lt. Dungen), Bud Jamison (Petty Officer),
Stanley Blystone (German Captain), Heinie Conklin (German Sailor) and
George Gray (German Sailor)
SYN:
Moe, Larry and Curly are Merchant
Mariners serving their country. As crew members of the S.S. Dotty, the boys' first mission is cut
short when their ship is torpedoed, leaving the Stooges stranded on
a raft at sea until they come across a passing cruiser. All is good
again, until they realize this cruiser is a German military vessel.
Upon climbing onto the the vessel they immediately see that they need
a disguise. They take out several German soldiers and steal their
uniforms as cover. Shortly after being aboard, they also discover
that their old commanding officer, Lt. Dungen, is a rotten spy who
has been feeding top secret information to the Germans. The Stooges
decide to take one for the team and with keen skill and deception
knock out every crew member on the ship. They break into the command
post of the ship and pose as Hitler, Goering and Goebbels before fooling
the vessel's commanding officers and Dungen into chasing them. With
one last trick up their sleeves the Stooges send the whole litter
sliding off the boat and into the ocean....another job well done by
our boys!
Quick
Hits:
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Did you know that The Stooges often
made patriotic references in their films reflecting the country's
mood during World War II. Here they capture an entire German naval
ship.
WT:
A Sailor's Mess FN: The
seasick gag was reused in Dunked in the Deep (11/3/49) and in
Commotion on the Ocean (11/8/56) as stock footage.
