So Long Mr. Chumps

So Long Mr. Chumps

Nuttier than ever!

NR 1941 · 17 min · ★ 6.5 · Comedy

The stooges are street cleaners who find some valuable bonds and return them to their owner. The man is so grateful that he offers them a big reward if they can find an honest man with executive ability. Their search leads them to a woman who's fiancée is honest, but he's in jail. The boys decide to commit a crime so they can go behind bars to find him. In prison the boys locate the man and help him escape, only to find out that their benefactor is a con man and on the way himself to the slammer.

Directed by Jules White · Written by Clyde Bruckman

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Cast

Curly Howard Curly
Larry Fine Larry
Moe Howard Moe
Dorothy Appleby Pomeroy's Girlfriend (uncredited)
Bruce Bennett Prison Guard / Truck Driver (uncredited)
Kit Guard Gyp dePeople (uncredited)
Bud Jamison Policeman (uncredited)
Sam Lufkin Policeman (uncredited)
Lynton Brent Prison Guard (uncredited)
Stanley Brown Officer in charge of Lone Wolf Louie (uncredited)
Lew Davis Laughing Pedestrian (uncredited)
Vernon Dent Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

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