If a Body Meets a Body (1945)

Curly learns that he is named in the will of his rich uncle, so the boys head for the uncle's mansion to attend the reading of the will. They arrive on a dark and stormy night only to find ... See full summary »

Director:

Jules White

Writers:

Gilbert Pratt (story), Jack White (screenplay)

Stars:

Curly Howard, Larry Fine, Moe Howard

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Curly Howard	...	Curly Q. Link (Q for cuff) (as Curly)
Larry Fine	...	Larry Mink (as Larry)
Moe Howard	...	Moe Pink (as Moe)
Theodore Lorch	...	Jerkington (the butler)
Fred Kelsey	...	Detective

Storyline

Curly learns that he is named in the will of his rich uncle, so the boys head for the uncle's mansion to attend the reading of the will. They arrive on a dark and stormy night only to find that the lawyer has been murdered and the will and the body have disappeared. All the relatives must stay in the spooky house while the police investigate and the stooges are given the bedroom where the uncle was murdered. After a series of misadventures with a walking skull and the uncle's body, which keeps turning up in strange places, the stooges unmask the butler and maid as the killers and recover the will. Then they learn that Curly has only been left sixty seven cents.

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Plot Keywords:

the three stooges | umbrella | candle | dead body | human skull | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Short

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

30 August 1945 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

18 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This has a plot identical to Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy's short The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case. Fred Kelsey even plays a domineering detective in both shorts.

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Quotes

Moe Pink: Wake up and go to sleep!

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Connections

Remake of The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case (1930)

User Reviews

Don't tell me you've never heard of Link, Mink & Pink?

If a Body Meets a Body (1945) stars Moe, Larry and Curly. It's all about how Curly Q. Link inherits a "fortune" from his recently departed Uncle Bobolink. The stooges go to his mansion only to find out that his uncle was murdered!

It's a funny stooge short with some great bits. One of them that stands out in my mind is the part with the walking skull! Very funny!

Watch for it on Columbia Home Video or American Movie Classics.