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Director:
Del Lord
Writers:
Monte Collins (story)
Elwood Ullman (story)
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Release Date:
23 April 1942 (USA) See more »
Genre:
Comedy | Western | Short See more »
Plot:
The stooges are living with their mother who persuades them its time to leave home and seek their fortune... See more » | Add synopsis »
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User Reviews:
Incomprehensible and utterly impractical. See more (9 total) »

Cast

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Curly Howard ... Curly (as Curly)

Larry Fine ... Larry (as Larry)

Moe Howard ... Moe (as Moe)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ernie Adams ... Stumpy - Smaller Prospector (uncredited)
Monte Collins ... Ma Stooge (uncredited)
Vernon Dent ... Heavyset Prospector (uncredited)
Eddie Laughton ... Gold Mine 'Salesman' (uncredited)
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Directed by
Del Lord 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Monte Collins  story and screenplay (as Monty Collins)
Elwood Ullman  story and screenplay

Produced by
Del Lord .... producer
Hugh McCollum .... producer
 
Cinematography by
Benjamin H. Kline  (as Benjamin Kline)
 
Film Editing by
Jerome Thoms 
 
Music Department
Ben Oakland .... composer: stock music (uncredited)
 

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Runtime:
USA:17 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
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Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
Australia:G
Company:
Columbia Pictures CorporationSee more »

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Trivia:
In the shot with Curly Howard literally flying along with the gold finding arrow, if you look closely, you can see that he's not just yelling, but that his lips are moving saying "HEYYYYYYY MOE!!!"See more »
Quotes:
Gold mine 'salesman':100,000 tons of pure gold. At $35 an ounce, think of it.
Moe:I can't. How much that in round numbers.
Curly:[Curly moves his head left to right with calculator sounds and ends with a ding, pulls calculator paper out of his mouth, reads it] That's 80 billion, 61 million and 51 cents of a fraction.
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4 out of 5 people found the following review useful.
Incomprehensible and utterly impractical., 26 June 2001
Author: wbhickok (wbhickok@hotmail.com) from Earth

Although to pick an absolute favorite Stooge short would be near impossible, this one ranks near the top. As the trio are gold prospectors this time around who stumble upon a lost mine. Monty Collins (who co-wrote the screenplay) is hilarious as 'Ma' Stooge. Fans of the group will not be dissapointed.

Ma Stooge: (sobbing) "Goodbye boys, here's five dollars.

Curly: Thanks!

Ma Stooge: (angrily) You would take it! (SMACK!!)

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