Three Stooges, The: How High Is Up?
Daredevil newsreel photographer Dick McManus and his partner Andy Tompkins always manage to turn in headline-making footage, but often at the expense of Mercury News Reel's owner Mr. Momsen, Dick's girlfriend newswire stenographer Norma, and rival reporter Bradford (Vinton Haworth). Dick and Andy sneak film footage of the government's secure new dam, and Axis agents are determined to get their hands on it to plan a sabotage attack.
Shemp Howard cameos as a drunk pickpocket, a cellmate of Dick's and Andy's after their antics at a government aerial demonstration land them in jail.
Another entry in Universal's attempt to create an Arlen & Devine series.

Richard Arlen
Dick McManus

Andy Devine
Andy Tompkins

Dorothy Lovett
Norma Bishop

Mildred Shay
Agnes

Tim Ryan
Mr. Momsen

Janet Shaw
Gwendy

Vinton Hayworth
Bradford

Ralf Harolde
R. W. Ritter

Richard Terry
Berko

Gus Schilling
Aloyicious Grimshaw

William Forrest
FBI Agent Chandler

Robert Winkler
Mopey

Walter Soderling
Prof. Cordall

Edwin Stanley
Airline official

Shemp Howard
Pickpocket

Edward Peil, Sr.
Jail guard

Charles Smith
Johnny, copy boy

Frank Brownlee
Farmer

Frank Mitchell
Foreign assassin

Hugh Huntley
Duke

Dora Clement
Duchess

Maria Montez
Bathing beauty

Arthur O'Connell
Airplane pilot

Eddie Bruce
Joe Myers

Gladys Blake
Maggie

Dick Wessel
Simmons

James C. Morton
Exposition guard

Jack C. Smith
Dam guard

Victor Zimmerman
Dam guard

Kathryn Sheldon
Aunt Malinda

Guy Kingsford
Joe, photo lab man

J. Paul Jones
Cassidy

Lew Kelly
Process server

David Oliver
Carter

Roger Halliday
Policeman

Lew Landers
Director

Ben Pivar
Producer

Sam Robins
Original Story

Alex Gottlieb
Screenplay

Charles Van Enger
Director of Photography

Edward Curtiss
Film Editor

Jack Otterson
Art Director

Ralph M. DeLacy
Associate Art Director

Russell A. Gausman
Set Decoration

Bernard B. Brown
Sound Supervisor

Hal Bumbaugh
Sound Technician

Hans J. Salter
Musical Director

Charles Previn
Original Music

Vera West
Gowns

Fred Frank
Assistant Director

Maurice E. Wright
Dialogue Director
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