SYN:
Moe and Larry discover in the
newspaper that relatives of the late Professor Robert O. Link are
searching for Curly Q. Link, the sought heir to his $3 million dollar
estate. Knowing that Curly's last name is Link, they quickly start
to apologize for an earlier spat and begin quizzing Curly on his middle
name. When Curly informs Moe and Larry the Link was, in fact, his
uncle the Stooges leave immediately for the reading of the will which
happens to be at the estate of the late Robert Link's spooky and desolate
mansion. But the will gets stolen. At the mansion, meanwhile, reports
of murders and other weird happenings have been reported. Not long
after the Stooges arrive and explain that Curly is "The Missing
Link" and that Moe & Larry are his business partners in the
sausage business (Link, Mink, and Pink Sausage) another murder takes
place. At this point, Detective Clancy issues rooms to everyone as
nobody is allowed to leave until everything is sorted out and the
real murderer is found. In their room, the Stooges witness many strange
goings-on themselves that they freak out and flee downstairs, knocking
over the maid, who turns out to be a man and the theif of the missing
Link will. Curly grabs the document, anxious to know his inheritance,
and learns that his uncle has bequeathed him the sum of 67 cents net!
Quick
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Did you know that If A Body Meets A
Body is a remake of Laurel and Hardy's Murder Case (1930), made
for the Roach Studios? Fred Kelsy plays the detective in both versions.
