Hot Stuff (1956 film)
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| Directed by | Jules White |
| Produced by | Jules White |
| Written by | Felix Adler |
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Moe Howard Larry Fine Shemp Howard Joe Palma Emil Sitka Gene Roth Connie Cezon Evelyn Lovequist Christine McIntyre Vernon Dent Philip Van Zandt Jacques O'Mahoney Andri Pola Harold Brauer |
| Cinematography | Ray Cory |
| Edited by | Harold White |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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15:55 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Hot Stuff is the 172nd short film released by Columbia Pictures in 1956 starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Shemp Howard). The comedians released 190 short films for the studio between 1934 and 1959.
The Stooges are secret agents working undercover at the home of Professor Sneed (Emil Sitka) and his daughter (Christine McIntyre). Sneed is developing a rocket fuel in secret for the government. Captain Rork (Philip Van Zandt) of the "State of Anemia" watches the professor through his front window, with hopes of kidnapping him. Of course, Rork and his henchmen capture the Stooges instead, mistaking Larry for the professor. Trouble brews when the Stooges are required to whip up some the fuel, and then write down the formula. It does not take long for the kidnappers to capture the real Professor Sneed, along with his daughter, and throw them all in jail until the formula is disclosed. As Rork serves the Stooges their last meal, they steal the jail keys from him and use their fake fuel to break themselves, Professor Sneed, and his daughter out of the jail and make a quick exit.
The short is a remake of 1949's Fuelin' Around, using ample .Hot Stuff was one of four shorts filmed in the wake of Shemp Howard's death using earlier footage and a stand-in.
As Shemp Howard had already died, for his last four films (Rumpus in the Harem, Hot Stuff, Scheming Schemers and Commotion on the Ocean), Columbia utilized supporting actor Joe Palma to be Shemp's double. Even though the last four shorts were remakes of earlier Shemp efforts, Palma's services were needed to link what few new scenes were filmed to the older .
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