Rumpus in the Harem

Jun 21, 1956

0h 16m

★ 4.6

Ha-Ha-Harem Hi-Hi-Hijinks!

Overview

Set in a desert land where the stooges run a restaurant, the boys need money to pay their fiancée's taxes, or the girls will be sold as slaves. Some crooks come into their restaurant and convince the boys to recover the stolen Rootin Tootin diamond. The stooges decide to return the diamond to the government and get the reward money. They learn that the Emir of Shmo has absconded with the contraband jewel. They journey to the stronghold of Shmo where they disguise as Santa Clauses and scare the ruler into giving them the diamond.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

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Cast

Shemp (archive footage)

Shemp Howard

Larry

Larry Fine

Moe

Moe Howard

Hassan Ben Sober (archive footage)

Vernon Dent

Ginna Rumma (archive footage)

George J. Lewis

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