The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze (1963)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Norman Maurer

Writers:

Elwood Ullman (writer)
Jules Verne (novel)

Release Date:

21 August 1963 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Phineas Fogg III, great grandson of the original Phineas Fogg, accepts a bet to duplicate his great...

Plot Keywords:

The Three Stooges | Independent Film | Based On Novel | Number In Title

Cast

Moe Howard	...	Moe (as The Three Stooges)
Larry Fine	...	Larry (as The Three Stooges)
Joe DeRita	...	Curly-Joe (as The Three Stooges)
Jay Sheffield	...	Phileas Fogg III
Joan Freeman	...	Amelia Carter
Walter Burke	...	Lory Filch
Peter Forster	...	Vickers Cavendish
Maurice Dallimore	...	Scotland Yard Inspector J. B. Crotchet
Richard Devon	...	Maharajah
Anthony Eustrel	...	Kandu
Iau Kea	...	Itchi Kitchi
Robert Kino	...	Charlie Okuma (as Bob Kino)
Phil Arnold	...	Referee
Don Lamond	...	Bill
Jack Greening	...	McPherson

Also Known As:

Around the World in a Daze

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Normandy Productions

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Phileas Fogg the first is sometimes referred to as Phileas III's great-grandfather, sometimes as his great-great-grandfather.

Quotes:

[Amelia is using the back of a frying pan as a mirror while Phileas plots their course]
Phileas Fogg III: Now, owing to monsoons at this time of year, we may have trouble getting across this bridge. It could be completely under water.
Curly-Joe: Don't worry, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it.
Moe: [chuckling] Pardon me, may I have the mirror?
Amelia Carter: Why, certainly.
Moe: You know, a sharp crack deserves a sharp answer.
Curly-Joe: Yeah.
[Moe whaps Curly-Joe with pan]

Movie Connections:

Featured in 100 Years of Comedy (1997) (V)

full of pure Stoogey goodness, nyuck, nyuck, nyuck

Many hardcore Stooges fans look down on the latter-day Three Stooges, but "the Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze" is a fine film and a worthy addition to the Three Stooges canon. Shemp and the original Curly Joe aren't here, but this is Joe Besser's finest moment as a Stooge. The Stooges are in fine form, slapping and clobbering each other and falling into various misadventures(based loosely on the classic Jules Verne novel). You needn't worry about the romantic subplot drawing too much attention away from the boys - this film's sense of proportion is admirable. The Stooges resurrect a few of their old routines and throw in some new ones. The gentlemen playing the heels also turn in admirable comic performances. For my money, my favourite part of the movie is when the Three Stooges go to Red China. This part alone is worth the price of the movie. See for yourself. People who hate the Stooges won't be converted here, but the faithful will find much to rejoice in. Even in their latter days, they could still mug and thwock. Onesies or twosies? Nyuck, nyuck, nyuck. Greg Cameron, Surrey, B.C., Canada