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Released
1956 · FILM

Flagpole Jitters

The Three Stooges hit a new high in low-down laughs

Directed by
Runtime
16 min
Comedy

Synopsis

The Stooges are taking care of their invalid friend Mary, who is confined to a wheelchair. At their jobs in a theater, where they hope to earn money for an operation for Mary, they witness a hypnotist performing his act. The Stooges become subjects for his show and are hypnotized into walking out onto a flagpole high above the ground. When they come out of their trance and realize their predicament, they fall into a window and foil a robbery in progress, thus earning reward money to pay for Mary's operation.

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Principal cast & crew: 15

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Edited by Harold WhiteShot by Irving Lippman

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