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Have Rocket -- Will Travel (1959) -- The Three Stooges, handymen in a space laboratory, hop in a rocket and are launched into orbit. They end up on Venus where they discover a talking unicorn and are hailed as heroes.

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Director:
Writer:
Raphael Hayes (written by)
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Release Date:
1 August 1959 (USA) more
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Tagline:
They're blasting off in their first full-length feature film!
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Not the Stooges' Best work more (13 total)

Cast

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Moe Howard ... Moe
Larry Fine ... Larry
Joe DeRita ... Curley-Joe
Jerome Cowan ... J.P. Morse
Anna-Lisa ... Dr. Ingrid Naarveg (as Anna Lisa)
Robert Colbert ... Dr. Ted Benson (as Bob Colbert)
Don Lamond ... The Venusian Robot / Reporter / Narrator (voice)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
76 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The only feature film with Joe DeRita that contains a Stooge eye-poke. The boys later deleted the gag from their routine, as angry mothers began to protest that children were poking their eyes out. more
Goofs:
Crew or equipment visible: In the rocket ship, wires can be seen lifting Larry as he feels the effects of gravity. more
Quotes:
[upon meeting a talking unicorn]
Larry: Ain't he quaint?
Moe: "Ain't"? The word is "isn't"!
Larry: Isn't he quisn't?
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Movie Connections:
Edited from It's a Wonderful Life (1946) more

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Not the Stooges' Best work, 27 July 2000
Author: AL01-3 from USA

Avid fans of the Three Stooges will likely be disappointed by this feature length film. There's no Curly and no Shemp, but on the plus side, there's no Joe Besser either. (Joe DeRita is much better suited to this role than Besser was) By the time this film was made, the Stooges' act was well past its prime and most of their gags had a "seen it before" quality to them.

There are some entertaining moments for those die hard stooges fans as the Moe, Larry and Curly Joe are sent into space and encounter Alien life forms. However, there are few laughs and a better bet would be to watch one of the many brilliant Stooges' shorts from their glory years. It's a shame that the trio didn't begin doing featured films earlier when the team was still intact and the jokes and sight gags fresh. This is recommended only for those completely obsessed with the Stooges.

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