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Half Shot Shooters

1936 · 19 min

A rapid-fire slapstick romp of cartoonish army chaos, all exaggerated beatings and cannon mayhem played purely for laughs.

Directed by
Jack White
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Curly Howard, Moe Howard, Larry Fine
Overview
The Stooges are discharged from the army after WW I, and promptly administer some revenge to their mean sergeant. Years later they wind up in the army again, and of course the same sergeant is their superior. The sergeant plays various tricks on them, and when the Stooges go crazy with a cannon, blowing up a house, a bridge, and a smoke stack, he blows them up.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Jack White
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Curly Howard, Moe Howard, Larry Fine
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Tone
    Pacing
    brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    background-friendly, 1 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • revenge
    • war
    • violence
    Places
    • military
    Era
    period
    Audience
    family
    Form
    • nonlinear
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action5
    Horror0
    Humour8
    Realism3
    Romance0
    Tension2
    Darkness2
    Complexity1
    Emotional weight1

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    Details

    Genres
    comedy
    Directed by
    Jack White
    Written by
    Clyde Bruckman
    Starring
    Curly Howard, Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Stanley Blystone, Vernon Dent, Heinie Conklin, Ethelreda Leopold, Dick Wessel
    Runtime
    19 min
    Country
    United States of America
    Languages
    English

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