Shot in the Frontier (1954)

Director:

Jules White

Writer:

Felix Adler (writer)

Release Date:

7 October 1954 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Western | Short

Plot:

Set in the old west, the stooges must defend their honor against the Noonan brothers, three desperadoes...

Plot Keywords:

Slapstick | The Three Stooges

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)

Shemp Howard	...	Shemp (as Shemp)
Larry Fine	...	Larry (as Larry)
Moe Howard	...	Moe (as Moe)

Also Known As:

Low Afternoon (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

USA:16 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Movie Connections:

Spoofs High Noon (1952)

not bad for a western...

I'm not a big Three Stooges western nut, but this is good fare. The running gag of the old man singing & twanging on his guitar is a good one as is his enthusiastic post-wedding celebration, smacking Moe on the head with a bag of rice.

The short does get muddy in parts, as seemingly all Shemp westerns do. The gunfight with the Noonan boys gets a bit long in the tooth, although Moe & Joe Palma rolling on the ground in fast motion is very funny. Favorite thing from this short is one of the tombstone inscriptions: Momma loved Papa, Papa loved women; Momma caught poppa with 2 girls in swimmin'.

8/10