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Flagpole Jitters (1956)

The stooges are taking care of their invalid friend Mary who is confined to wheelchair. At their jobs in a theater, where they hope to earn money for an operation for Mary, they witness a hypnotist, doing his act. The stooges become subjects for his show and are hypnotized into walking out on a flagpole high above the ground. When they come out of their trance and realize their predicament they fall into a window and foil a robbery in progress thus earning reward money to pay for Mary's operation.

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Top billed cast

  • Photo of Shemp HowardShemp HowardShemp
  • Photo of Larry FineLarry FineLarry
  • Photo of Moe HowardMoe HowardMoe
  • Photo of David BondDavid BondThe Great Svengarlic
  • Photo of Vernon DentVernon DentInsurance Adjustor (archive footage)
  • Photo of Mary AinsleeMary AinsleeMary (archive footage)

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