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Malice in the Palace (1949)

16 min  -  Comedy | Short  -   1 September 1949 (USA)
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Set in a desert land where the stooges run a restaurant, the boys set out to recover the stolen Rootin... See full summary »

Director:

Jules White

Writers:

Felix Adler (story), Felix Adler (screenplay)

Stars:

Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Shemp Howard
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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Shemp Howard ...
Shemp (as Shemp)
Larry Fine Larry Fine ...
Larry (as Larry)
Moe Howard Moe Howard ...
Moe (as Moe)
Vernon Dent Vernon Dent ...
Hassan Ben Sober
George J. Lewis George J. Lewis ...
Ginna Rumma (as George Lewis)
Frank Lackteen Frank Lackteen ...
Affa Dolla
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Curly Howard Curly Howard ...
Chef (scenes deleted)
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Storyline

Set in a desert land where the stooges run a restaurant, the boys set out to recover the stolen Rootin Tootin diamond after they learn from the thieves that the Emir of Shmo has absconded with the contraband jewel. They journey to the stronghold of Shmo where they disguise as Santa Clauses and scare the ruler into giving them the diamond. Written by Mitch Shapiro <mshapiro@a.crl.com>  

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Diamond | Restaurant | Public Domain | Cook | Butcher  | See more »

Genres:

Comedy | Short

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Juonittelua palatsissa See more »

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures Corporation See more »
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Technical Specs

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Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1
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Trivia

This is one of 4 Three Stooges shorts that ended up falling into the public domain, the other 3 being Brideless Groom, Sing a Song of Six Pants, and Disorder in the Court. Because of that, these four shorts frequently appear on very cheaply processed video and DVD compilations. See more »

Goofs

Crew or equipment visible: After the table gets knocked over, a finger can briefly be seen under the leg of the table, poking at the cat to get it to leave the shot. See more »

Quotes

Moe: [to Hassen Ben Soba and Ginna Rumma] What'll you have?
Hassan Ben Soba: We want...
Moe: [cutting him off] We don't have any more.
Larry: All we got left are rabbit and hot dogs.
Hassan Ben Soba: Rabbit.
Ginna Rumma: Hot dogs.
Larry: Hot dog, they'll take rabbit.
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Connections

Spoofed in "South Park: Hell on Earth 2006 (#10.11)" (2006) See more »