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Released March 21, 1941
Featuring Moe, Larry and Curly
Columbia
16.8 min. (Short Subject)

Three dimwitted photographers are sent to Vulgaria to take pictures of a new death ray machine. Unknown to the stooges, the penalty for snapping pictures in this country is death. The stooges manage to escape a firing squad and the chase begins as they hide from the Vulgarian army.

The oyster soup gag was repeated by Moe in SHIVERING SHERLOCKS (1948) and by Larry in INCOME TAX SAPPY (1954). Curly's battle with a live oyster in his stew was created for silent screen comic Billy Bevan in the short WANDERING WILLIES, also directed by Del Lord.
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Avg. Rating: [9.37/10]
 
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Edmund Cobb
Wilson's assistant

Blanca Vischer
Wilson's secretary

Stanley Brown
Percival DePuyster

Marjorie Deanne
Mrs. DePuyster

Neal Burns
Photographer in hallway

George Gray
Frightened man in hallway

Harry Semels
Villager

George Ovey
Civilian photographer

Bud Jamison
Vulgarian Sergeant

Fred Aldrich
Firing squad soldier

Fred Kelsey
Vulgarian Colonel

Eddie Laughton
Ray machine operator

Bruce Bennett
Vulgarian soldier in Colonel's office

Kit Guard
Sentry

Chester Conklin
Counterman

Al Thompson
Soldier in restaurant

Charlie Phillips
Soldier in restaurant

Joe Palma
Soldier in restaurant

Unidentified DUTIFUL BUT DUMB 3
Soldier in restaurant


Del Lord
Producer

Del Lord
Director

Elwood Ullman
Story and Screenplay

Benjamin Kline
Director of Photography

Arthur Seid
Film Editor



















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