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Released
1952 · FILM

Three Dark Horses

A crooked campaign manager recruits the Stooges as delegates "Who are too dumb to think and wholl do what we tell them."

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Written by
Runtime
17 min
Comedy

Synopsis

A campaign manager seeks three delegates for the presidential convention, hoping they are gullible enough not to uncover that his candidate, Hammond Egger, is dishonest. The Stooges, posing as janitors, clean the man's office. After displaying their ineptitude, the campaign boss deems them suitable and hires them. At the convention, the Stooges betray their boss by voting for a different candidate, Abel Lamb Stewer. When the boss and his enforcer seek revenge, the Stooges defeat them in a chaotic fight.

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Principal cast & crew: 9

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Edited by Edwin H BryantShot by Henry Freulich

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