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Released December 25, 1963
Featuring Moe, Larry and Curly Joe
Warner Bros.
124 min. (Feature Film)

A stagecoach delivering money to Galveston is ambushed by a gang led by a hired killer named Matson (Charles Bronson), but they're fought off by Zack Thomas (Frank Sinatra) and Joe Jarrett (Dean Martin). The stage wrecks and Joe makes off with money, leaving Zack in the dust. Zack was to use the funds to purchase an old riverboat and turn it into Galveston's gambling jewel of the Gulf Coast, a business arrangement with town banker Harvey Burden (Victor Buono). Jarrett arrives in town with the same plan, and meets widow Max Richter (Ursula Andress), owner of the coveted, broken-down boat. Jarrett & Max, and Zack & Elya Carlson (Anita Ekberg), Galveston's high society madam, begin a game of one-upmanship to gain final control of the vessel. Unknown to our heroes, Burden wants it all for himself, and he's the man behind Matson. Opening night arrives, and Joe and Zack engage in a winner-take-all brawl, but Matson is laying in wait to assassinate both.

The Three Stooges guest star as inept delivery men, who run afoul of two elderly ladies (Ellen Corby, Jesslyn Fax) protesting the delivery of a nude painting to the riverboat lounge. Moe, Larry & Curly Joe perform the "point to the right" and "he's from Texas" routines.

Filmed in CinemaScope and TechniColor.

Yes, that's Ellen Corby (THE WALTONS) as one of the little old ladies who pummel the Stooges. Ms. Corby began her career behind-the-camera in the 1930s as a script supervisor at the Hal Roach Studios. At that time she was married to Roach cinematographer Francis Corby, and she worked on the films of Laurel & Hardy, Our Gang, Charley Chase, Todd & Kelly, more.

The Stooges filmed their scene on July 22, 1963.

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4 FOR TEXAS on IMDb

Dean Martin
Joe Jarrett

Frank Sinatra
Zach Thomas

Ursula Andress
Max Richter

Anita Ekberg
Elya Carlson

Victor Buono
Harvey Burden

Edric Connor
Prince George

Percy Helton
Jonas Ansel

Joe Yrigoyen
Stagecoach driver

Chuck Roberson
Matson gunman

Joe Gray
Matson gunman

Marjorie Bennett
Miss Emmaline

Mark Miranda
Boy with pea shooter

Wesley Addy
Winthrop Trowbridge, bank board member

Keith McConnell
Sweeney, bank board member

Abraham Sofaer
Pulaski, bank board member

Paul Langton
Beauregard, bank board member

Michael St. Angel
Williams, bank board member

Mario Siletti
Bedoni, bank board member

Bob Steele
Bank board member

Grady Sutton
Bank clerk

Virginia Christine
Brunhilde, Elya's maid

Richard Jaeckel
Pete Mancini

Clyde Howdy
Zach's henchman

John Hudkins
Zach's henchman

Gil Perkins
Zach's henchman

Harvey Parry
Zach's henchman

Barbara Payton
Townswoman

Eddie Smith
Townsman

Cap Somers
Townsman

Joe Ploski
Townsman

Hans Moebus
Townsman

Mike Lally
Fight onlooker

Dale Van Sickel
Townsman in brawl

Maidie Norman
Burden's maid

Chester Jones
Orlando's doorman

Ray Pourchot
Orlando's employee

Fritz Feld
Fritz, Orlando's head waiter

Ralph Volkie
Orlando's bartender

Sol Gorss
Orlando's 2nd bartender

Wesley Gale
Orlando's waiter

Napoleon Whiting
Orlando's waiter

Daniel Elam
Orlando's waiter

Calvin Brown
Orlando's waiter

Victor Romito
Orlando's customer

Eddie Ness
Orlando's customer

Brandon Beach
Orlando's customer

Matty Jordan
Orlando's customer

Ernesto Molinari
Orlando's customer

George Holmes
Orlando's customer

Bobby Gilbert
Orlando's customer

William Washington
William, Maison Elya doorman

Carol Andreson
Mrs. Trowbridge

Michele Montau
Helaine, Maison Elya hostess

Bill Walker
Maison Elya waiter

Jack Lambert
Monk, Spindthrift survivor

Joe DeRita
Curly Joe

Jonathan Hole
Riverboat headwaiter

Max Wagner
Blackjack dealer

Michael Jeffers
Riverboat waiter

Eva Six
Mrs. Burden

Idell James
Mrs. Pulaski

Herbert Winters
Riverboat guest

Monty O'Grady
Riverboat guest

William H. O'Brien
Riverboat guest

Norman Stevans
Riverboat guest

Sam Harris
Riverboat guest

Bill Dyer
Riverboat guest

Paul Cristo
Riverboat guest

George Ford
Riverboat guest

Hal Taggart
Riverboat guest

Greg Rhinelander
Riverboat guest

Charlie Picerni
Red coat fighter

Ray Spiker
Red coat fighter

Harry Wilson
Red coat fighter

Al Bain
Red coat fighter

Paul Stader
Red coat fighter

Danny Borzage
Red coat fighter

Joe Brooks
Red coat fighter

Jack Gordon
Red coat fighter

Gene LeBell
Yellow coat fighter

Eddie Hice
Yellow coat fighter

Hal Needham
Yellow coat fighter

Charles Sullivan
Yellow coat fighter

Chuck Hicks
Yellow coat fighter

John Roy
Yellow coat fighter

Dick Cherney
Yellow coat fighter

Leroy Johnson
Yellow coat fighter

George DeNormand
Yellow coat fighter

Sammy Shack
Yellow coat fighter

Noble 'Kid' Chissel
Yellow coat fighter

Mike Ragan
Matson henchman

Mushy Callahan
Matson henchman

Unidentified 4 FOR TEXAS 3
Burden's stage driver

Unidentified 4 FOR TEXAS 5
Elya's stage driver

Unidentified 4 FOR TEXAS 9
Trowbridge stage driver

Unidentified 4 FOR TEXAS 14
Red and Yellow coat fighters


Walter Blake
Associate Producer

Robert Aldrich
Screenplay

Teddi Sherman
Screenplay

Ernest Laszlo
Director of Photography

Michael Luciano
Film Editor

Jack Solomon
Sound Mixer

William Glasgow
Art Director

Raphael Bretton
Set Decoration

Nelson Riddle
Original Music

Gil Grau
Orchestrator

Oscar Rudolph
2nd Unit Director

Tom Connors, Jr.
Assistant Director

David Salven
Assistant Director

Carl E. Guthrie
2nd Unit Photography

Burnett Guffey
2nd Unit Photography

Joseph F. Biroc
2nd Unit Photography

Charles James
Costume Design

Joyce Rogers
Costume Design

Norma Koch
Costume Design

Robert Sherman
Dialogue Supervisor

Jack R. Berne
Production Supervisor

John Orlando
Property Master

Sass Bedig
Special Effects

Robert Gary
Script Supervisor

Adell Aldrich
Script Assistant

John Indrisano
Stunt Supervisor


















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