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Released January 06, 1955
Featuring Moe, Larry and Shemp
Columbia
16.3 min. (Short Subject)

Boxer Chopper Kane's trainers Moe, Larry & Shemp receive instructions from their boss, Big Mike, to arrange for Chopper to lose the big championship fight... he's placed all his money on opponent Gorilla Watson. When Watson moves in on Kane's goil Kitty, Chopper vows to moider da bum, and the Stooges are left to face Big Mike's wrath.

A remake, with stock footage, of FRIGHT NIGHT (1947). Frank Sully plays 'Big Mike' in this remake, but in the original version, the role was played by Bill Brauer. With a stategic use of stock footage, Brauer's scenes in FLING portray him as one of Sully's henchmen.

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FLING IN THE RING on IMDb

Frank Sully
Big Mike

Tommy Kingston
Coin-tossing henchman

Dick Wessel
Chopper Kane

Claire Carleton
Kitty Davis

Sammy Stein
Gorilla Watson

Heinie Conklin
Watson's manager

Joe Palma
Henchman

Harold Breen
Shemp's stand-in

Johnny Kascier
Moe's stand-in

Charles Cross
Larry's stand-in

Unidentified FLING IN THE RING
Henchman, Brauer double


Jules White
Producer

Hugh McCollum
Producer, stock footage

Jules White
Director

Edward Bernds
Director, stock footage

Jack White
Screenplay

Clyde Bruckman
Screenplay, stock footage

Ray Cory
Director of Photography

Philip Tannura
Photography, stock footage

Robert B. Hoover
Film Editor

Paul Borofsky
Film Editor, stock footage

Edward Ilou
Art Director

Charles Clague
Art Director, stock footage

Eddie Saeta
Assistant Director



















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