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Triple Trouble

1950 · 67 min

A breezy, silly comedy full of slapstick and wordplay, easy to watch and forget.

Directed by
Jean Yarbrough
Genres
Comedy
Tagline
THEY'VE GOT THOSE "JAIL-BOID" BLUES! Leo talked them into the big house...but even Huntz can't clown his way out!
Overview
Slip and Sach take the rap for a robbery they did not commit in order to uncover the real robbers, whom they suspect are led by a convict who gives orders to his gang outside via a short-wave radio stashed somewhere in the prison.

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Directed by
Jean Yarbrough
Genres
Comedy
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Tone
  • lightstrength 3 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 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
  • crime
  • friendship
  • deception
  • justice
  • loyalty
Places
  • prison
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour8
Realism4
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight2

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Genres
comedy
Directed by
Jean Yarbrough
Written by
Charles R. Marion
Starring
Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, G. Pat Collins, Effie Laird, Bernard Gorcey, William Benedict, David Gorcey, Buddy Gorman
Cinematography
Marcel Le Picard
Runtime
67 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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