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Hold That Lion!

  • 1947
  • 17m
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
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Moe Howard, Larry Fine, and Shemp Howard in Hold That Lion! (1947)
SlapstickComedyShort

The stooges are tricked out of their inheritance by Icabod Slipp, a crooked lawyer. The boys follow Slipp onto a passenger train and corner him, but not before they accidentally let a lion l... Read allThe stooges are tricked out of their inheritance by Icabod Slipp, a crooked lawyer. The boys follow Slipp onto a passenger train and corner him, but not before they accidentally let a lion loose on the train.The stooges are tricked out of their inheritance by Icabod Slipp, a crooked lawyer. The boys follow Slipp onto a passenger train and corner him, but not before they accidentally let a lion loose on the train.

  • Director
    • Jules White
  • Writer
    • Felix Adler
  • Stars
    • Moe Howard
    • Larry Fine
    • Shemp Howard
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    • IMDb RATING
    7.8/10
    592
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Jules White
    • Writer
      • Felix Adler
    • Stars
      • Moe Howard
      • Larry Fine
      • Shemp Howard
    • 12User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
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    Moe Howard
    Moe Howard
    • Moe
    • (as Moe)
    Larry Fine
    Larry Fine
    • Larry
    • (as Larry)
    Shemp Howard
    Shemp Howard
    • Shemp
    • (as Shemp)
    Kenneth MacDonald
    Kenneth MacDonald
    • Icabod Slipp
    Emil Sitka
    Emil Sitka
    • Attorney
    Dudley Dickerson
    Dudley Dickerson
    • Pullman Porter
    Heinie Conklin
    Heinie Conklin
    • Train Conductor
    • (uncredited)
    Curly Howard
    Curly Howard
    • Sleeping Train Passenger
    • (uncredited)
    Sam Lufkin
    Sam Lufkin
    • Passenger
    • (uncredited)
    Tanner
    • Lion
    • (uncredited)
    Victor Travis
    • Bearded Man
    • (uncredited)
    Blackie Whiteford
    Blackie Whiteford
    • Train Passenger
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Jules White
    • Writer
      • Felix Adler
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    • Trivia
      Curly Howard had suffered a series of strokes in 1945 that forced him to leave the team. His cameo (as the man asleep on the train - with long hair and a clothespin on his nose) was intended by brother Moe Howard as a morale booster, but Curly never made another movie.
    • Goofs
      When the train porter says "Help, I'm losing my mind!", you can hear the actor laugh.
    • Quotes

      Larry: I smell somethin' awful.

      Moe: You telling me? Why don'tcha use cologne?

    • Connections
      Edited into Booty and the Beast (1953)

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    7/10

    The fourth Stooge

    Larry, Moe, and Shemp are looking for their inheritance. The three nephews are sole heirs but the executor Mr. Icabob Slipp is nowhere to be found. They go to his office with subpoenas but they don't know what he looks like. They follow him to a train where they accidentally release a lion.

    It's a fine Stooges short with Shemp. This one has a fourth Stooge. In a way, Dudley Dickerson plays a Stooge-like character in the black porter but I'm really talking about Curly who makes a cameo after his stroke. And he has hair! Although his distinctive snoring gives him away.
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    • Release date
      • July 17, 1947 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Lion and the Louse
    • Production company
      • Columbia Pictures
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    • Runtime
      17 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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