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Released April 17, 1945
Featuring Moe, Larry and Curly
Columbia
67.5 min. (Feature Film)

While Rusty Williams is away at Agricultural College, his prospector cousin Shorty (Moe Howard) fills in at Rusty's struggling Reno NV spread as the ranch foreman. He spends his time looking for an angle at the Wagon Wheel Cafe Casino, and hooks up with two vagrants (Curly Howard, Larry Fine) after they accidentally win big at roulette. Along with two stranded New York singers and their money, the Stooges and the girls head for the ranch with prospecting plans. Rusty returns home with hope that investor Sam Clemens will save the ranch's cattle and mining operations, and finds Shorty and the gang's plans interfering. Complicating matters further, inept ranchhands (The Hoosier Hotshots) mistake Clemens for a cattle rustler, and Shorty, Curly & Larry cook up a scheme to get the girls an audition with a vacationing Broadway producer.

Moe plays a non-Stooge character, with Larry and Curly interacting throughout most of the film as a comedy duo.

The Hoosier Hotshots were comedic musicians, but, unlike Spike Jones' orchestra, the HH's country-swing music never hit mainstream playlists and they are relatively unknown today.

Curly is relatively subdued in this film, and Larry takes on the bulk of their humorous antics and dialogue.

Songs: "Rockin' in the Rockies" by Henry Tobias and Mac Neuborn. "Miss Molly" by Cindy Walker. "One O'Clock Jump" by Bob Zurke. "Upstairs Downstairs" by Vic Mizzy and Mann Curtis. "Somewhere Along the Trail" by Saul Chaplin and Sammy Cahn. "Wah-Hoo" by Cliff Friend. "Wabash Blues" by Fred Meinken and Dave Ringle. "Ever So Quiet" by Algy More. "Skee Dee Waddle Dee Waddle Doo" by Kenneth Trietsch.

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Avg. Rating: [6.57/10]
 
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Moe Howard
Shorty Williams

Mary Beth Hughes
June McGuire

Gladys Blake
Betty Vale

Jay Kirby
Rusty Williams

Paul 'Hezzie' Trietsch
Hoosier Hotshot

Gil Taylor
Hoosier Hotshot

Charles Ward
Hoosier Hotshot

Ken Trietsch
Hoosier Hotshot

Vernon Dent
Mr. Stanton

Tim Ryan
Tom Trove

Forrest Taylor
Sam Clemens

Jack Clifford
Sheriff Zeke

John Tyrrell
Stanton's talent scout

Lew Davis
Roulette wheel operator

Hal Price
Bartender

Eddie Bruce
Hotel clerk

Louis Manley
Gumbo the Magician


Vernon Keays
Director

John Grey
Screenplay

Glen Gano
Director of Photography

Paul Borofsky
Film Editor

Charles Clague
Art Director

Fay Babcock
Set Decoration

Howard Fogetti
Sound Director

Cliff Friend
Music and Lyrics

Wilbur McGaugh
Assistant Director

Joseph C. Cavalier
Assistant Director

Arlene Snyder
Script Assistant

Clay Yurdin
Dialogue Director


















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