They Stooge to Conga
| They Stooge to Conga | |
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| Directed by | Del Lord |
| Produced by | Del Lord Hugh McCollum |
| Written by |
Monte Collins Elwood Ullman |
| Starring |
Moe Howard Larry Fine Curly Howard Vernon Dent Dudley Dickerson Stanley Brown Lloyd Bridges John Tyrrell |
| Cinematography | George Meehan |
| Edited by | Paul Borofsky |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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15:32 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
They Stooge to Conga is the 67th short film released by Columbia Pictures in 1943 starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly Howard). The comedians released 190 short films for the studio between 1934 and 1959.
The Stooges are repairmen fixing the doorbell of a large house, which, unbeknownst to them, is the secret headquarters of a group of Nazi spies, headed by the ruthless Hans (Vernon Dent). They manage to ruin most of the house while working on the wiring, and then subdue the spies and sink an enemy submarine by remote control. The boys are caught before the remote control falls, leading to an explosion. The stooges hit the heads of the enemies and make a door bell sound in the process.
They Stooge to Conga was filmed on May 6–9, 1942. The film title is a parody of the 18th-century play She Stoops to Conquer.
The doorbell repair segment was reworked with Shemp Howard in 1952's Listen, Judge. The footage of the submarine jumping out of the water was recycled from Three Little Sew and Sews. A similar gag was used in the 2012 film The Three Stooges where Larry (Sean Hayes) is wearing a sandwich board.
A young Lloyd Bridges appears as "Telephone Customer #2" in one of his last uncredited roles.
The third Stooges short where Moe plays a rip-off of Adolf Hitler, the first two were "You Nazty Spy" and the sequel "I'll Never Heil Again," both had no connection to this short.
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