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Monkey Businessmen

1946 · 18 min

A rapid-fire slapstick romp of pratfalls and pokes, silly and harmless, best enjoyed as a quick dose of vintage comedy chaos.

Directed by
Edward Bernds
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Curly Howard, Larry Fine, Moe Howard
Tagline
It's shock-full of hilarious laughter!
Overview
The stooges are bumbling electricians who decide to go away for a rest after they are fired for their incompetence. The rest home they choose is run by Dr. Mallard, a quack who gyps the patients for everything they've got. When the boys discover the crooked goings on they escape, but not before Curly accidentally cures another patient who rewards him with a thousand dollars.

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Directed by
Edward Bernds
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Curly Howard, Larry Fine, Moe Howard
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Tone
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • lightstrength 3 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • deception
  • greed
  • friendship
  • crime
Places
  • workplace
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror0
Humour9
Realism4
Romance1
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity2
Emotional weight1

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
Curly Howard, Larry Fine, Moe Howard, Harry 'Snub' Pollard, Jean Willes, Wade Crosby, Fred Kelsey, Richard Lane
Runtime
18 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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