The Sitter Downers

The Sitter Downers

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NR 1937 · 16 min · ★ 6.4 · Comedy

The stooges are suitors who go on a sit down strike when their prospective father-in-law refuses to consent the marriages. The strike wins them fame and they receive numerous gifts including a lot and a prefabricated house. They win the strike and get married, but the wives decree no honeymoon until the house is built. The boys have some problems with the construction, especially since Curly burned up the plans. The eventually finish the house, a monstrosity that collapses when one post is accidentally moved.

Directed by Del Lord · Written by Ewart Adamson

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Curly Howard Curly
Larry Fine Larry
Moe Howard Moe
June Gittelson Flora Bell (uncredited)
Robert McKenzie Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
James C. Morton Mr. Bell (uncredited)
Charles Dorety Man on Street (uncredited)
Betty Mack Cora Bell (uncredited)
Marcia Healy Dora Bell (uncredited)
Charles Phillips Man on Street (uncredited)
Bert Young Truck Driver (uncredited)

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