The Sitter Downers

Nov 26, 1937

0h 16m

★ 6.1

You'll sit up and roar for more of these eggs!

Overview

The stooges are suitors who go on a sit down strike when their prospective father-in-law refuses to consent the marriages. The strike wins them fame and they receive numerous gifts including a lot and a prefabricated house. They win the strike and get married, but the wives decree no honeymoon until the house is built. The boys have some problems with the construction, especially since Curly burned up the plans. The eventually finish the house, a monstrosity that collapses when one post is accidentally moved.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

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Cast

Curly

Curly Howard

Larry

Larry Fine

Moe

Moe Howard

Flora Bell (uncredited)

June Gittelson

Justice of the Peace (uncredited)

Robert McKenzie

Mr. Bell (uncredited)

James C. Morton

Man on Street (uncredited)

Charles Dorety

Cora Bell (uncredited)

Betty Mack

Dora Bell (uncredited)

Marcia Healy

Man on Street (uncredited)

Charles Phillips

Truck Driver (uncredited)

Bert Young

Fairground boxing booth where visitors try to knock out the champion and win five pounds, the first contestants is knocked out but the very eager (and possibly drunk) third man knocks out the champion and overcome with "boxing fever" rushes out punching at everybody and everything he meets. (britishpathe.com)

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