Flat Foot Stooges

Flat Foot Stooges

NR 1938 · 16 min · ★ 6.3 · Comedy

The stooges are firemen at a station that still uses horses to pull the engines. A salesman who wants to sell the chief some modern equipment plants gun powder in one of the engines. The chiefs daughter catches him and after a chase both are knocked unconscious. When a fire starts, the stooges respond to the alarm, but don't realize its their firehouse that's burning! Somehow they manage to arrive in time to save the girl, and the villain gets his just desserts.

Directed by Charley Chase · Written by Charley Chase

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Moe Howard Moe
Larry Fine Larry
Curly Howard Curly
Dick Curtis Mr. Reardon
Lola Jensen Lola Kelly
Chester Conklin Fire Chief Kelly
Al Thompson Volunteer (uncredited)

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