Husbands Beware

Husbands Beware

Wildest and wackiest battle of the sexes yet!

1956 · 16 min · ★ 6.7 · Comedy

To inherit a fortune, voice teacher Shemp must marry before six o'clock, but no girl will accept his proposal. Finally one of his repulsive students agrees to marry him, just in the nick of time. When the rest of the prospective brides hear about the inheritance, they show up at the ceremony and a free for all ensues. Shemp marries his student before the deadline, and then finds out that there is no inheritance. Moe and Larry have tricked him into marriage as revenge for their marrying his shrewish sisters.

Directed by Jules White · Written by Felix Adler

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Shemp Howard Prof. Shemp Howard
Larry Fine Larry
Moe Howard Moe
Maxine Gates Flora - Moe's Wife
Lu Leonard Larry's Wife
Dee Green Miss Dinkelmeyer
Christine McIntyre Lulu Hopkins (archive footage)
Emil Sitka Justice of the Peace (uncredited)

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