The Three Stooges Meet Hercules

19621962
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1h 29m

Three goofy druggists travel back to Ancient Greece on a milquetoast inventor's time machine.Three goofy druggists travel back to Ancient Greece on a milquetoast inventor's time machine.Three goofy druggists travel back to Ancient Greece on a milquetoast inventor's time machine.

6.3/10

Director
- Edward Bernds
Writers
- Elwood Ullman(screenplay)
- Norman Maurer(based on a story by)
Stars

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Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Samson Burke, and Joe DeRita in The Three Stooges Meet Hercules (1962)

Larry Fine and Joe DeRita in The Three Stooges Meet Hercules (1962)

Moe Howard in The Three Stooges Meet Hercules (1962)

Larry Fine in The Three Stooges Meet Hercules (1962)

Emil Sitka in The Three Stooges Meet Hercules (1962)

Director
- Edward Bernds
Writers
- Elwood Ullman(screenplay)
- Norman Maurer(based on a story by)
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Three druggists travel with a Milquetoast inventor, Schuyler, and his girlfriend, Diane, to ancient Greece on a newly invented time machine. There, the evil tyrant, Odius, takes a shine to the woman and has the guys enslaved as galley rowers using the excuse of the three druggists helping a rebel leader, Ulysses, escape. The rigors of the rowing pump Schuyler up into a muscleman with strength comparable to Hercules himself, who is in the employ of Odius. The threesome get the idea of raising money by promoting Schuyler as Hercules for a series of physical contests. Using a combination of his great strength and, a judicious use of a large supply of potent tranquilizers Curly-Joe brought with him, Schuyler is a success. However, this leads to trouble when the real McCoy learns about the imposter. —Kenneth Chisholm <kchishol@execulink.com>

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Taglines
- More fun than a Roman Circus! (Poster).
Genres
Certificate
- Approved
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Trivia
Larry Fine and Joe DeRita fell out of a moving chariot in one scene, with 250-pound Joe falling on top of Larry. Larry was knocked out cold and rushed to the hospital. Though he did not sustain any injuries, a doctor's report revealed that he had diabetes.

Goofs
Schuyler wears loose baggy clothing in the first part of the picture to hide the muscles he supposedly later acquired.

Quotes
Curly Joe: But we're outnumbered.
Moe: You're outbrained too, but we have to try anyhow.

Crazy credits
Filmed in glorious black and white

Connections
Edited from Half Shot Shooters (1936)

Top review

It still makes me laugh

Most comedy is subjective. Whether one enjoys the comedy of the Stooges, like the Marx Brothers, WC Fields, Martin & Lewis, A&C, etc., is up to the individual. BTW, the Ritz Brothers were seldom funny, and the Dead End Kids really wore thin.

This individual loves them. I did when I was a kid - and still do now that I'm pushing 50. I'm primarily referring to their 20-minute shorts (1932-1959).

Personally, I feel that this is far and away their best feature. Most of their features are rather long in the tooth and geared towards kids.

This one makes me laugh. I hope you enjoy it as much as I.

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