What's the Matador?

Apr 23, 1942

0h 17m

★ 5.9

World's Champion Bull Throwers!

Overview

The stooges are actors traveling to perform at a fiesta in Mexico. After they accidentally switch suitcases with that of Dolores, a lovely senorita they met on trip down, they must sneak into her house to retrieve their suitcase. When they are confronted by her jealous husband he vows to kill them if he sees them again. At the fiesta where they are performing a comedy bullfight (Curly is the matador, Moe and Larry are in a bull costume) the husband bribes the attendants to let a real bull into the ring. Curly knocks the bull out with a head butt and becomes a hero.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

What's the Matador? Trailers

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Cast

Moe

Moe Howard

Larry

Larry Fine

Curly

Curly Howard

Dolores Sanchez

Suzanne Kaaren

Jose Sanchez

Harry Burns

O'Brien's Secretary

Dorothy Appleby

Pedro Alverez (uncredited)

Paul Ellis

Audience Member (uncredited)

Joe Garcio

Bullring Attendant (uncredited)

Cy Schindell

Telegraph Clerk / Bullring Attendant (uncredited)

Eddie Laughton

Audience Member (uncredited)

Al Thompson

Shamus O'Brien (uncredited)

John Tyrrell

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