Punch Drunks (1934)

Moe discovers Curly's unknown boxing talent when he knocks out the Champ at a restaurant when Larry plays "Pop Goes the Weasal" on the violin. Moe becomes Curly's manager, and they win ... See full summary »

Director:

Lou Breslow

Writers:

Jack Cluett (screenplay), Curly Howard (story),

Stars:

Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard

1 win.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Moe Howard	...	Moe (as Moe)
Larry Fine	...	Larry (as Larry)
Curly Howard	...	Curley, aka K.O. Stradivarius (as Curley)
Dorothy Granger	...	Girl

Storyline

Moe discovers Curly's unknown boxing talent when he knocks out the Champ at a restaurant when Larry plays "Pop Goes the Weasal" on the violin. Moe becomes Curly's manager, and they win every fight, with the help of Larry. At the championship game, though, Larry's violin breaks. Curly is getting beat down bad when Larry makes his unexpected entrance and helps Curly prevail.

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Plot Keywords:

boxing | manager | waiter | violinist | arena | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Short

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 July 1934 (USA)

Also Known As:

Symphony of Punches

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

17 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This is the only one of their shorts that The Three Stooges wrote entirely themselves. Moe Howard wrote the treatment, and added Curly Howard and Larry Fine's names to it.

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Goofs

After Larry steals the radio, he is shown running across the street almost getting hit by a car. A few minutes later he is shown crossing the same street almost getting hit again by the same car.

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Quotes

Curley: Every time I hear that Weasel tune, something POPS inside me.

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Connections

Referenced in The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze (1963)

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Soundtracks

"I Thought I Wanted You"
(opening title music)
Written by Archie Gottler and Edward Eliscu

User Reviews

One of The Stooges Very Best Comedies!!!

The amazing thing to me is that Larry finds a man on a Truck with a record player playing Pop Goes The Weasel.The Record never ends and even when Larry crashes the truck through a brick wall the song is still playing at exactly the right spot. And Al Hill was a professional fighter albeit with a career than ended about ten years before this comedy. And Curly was the Butterbean of his generation,on a smaller scale. Look for Maxie Rosenbloom as one of the Fighters that Curly knocks out in the Cafe. And when we watch we love how the little shove that Moe gives Larry ends up with him being about ten feet away,head first in the stream. One of my Favorite Stooge Comedies!