The Three Stooges Meet Hercules
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| The Three Stooges Meet Hercules | |
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| Directed by | Edward Bernds |
| Produced by | Norman Maurer |
| Written by | Norman Maurer Elwood Ullman |
| Starring | Moe Howard Larry Fine Joe DeRita Vicki Trickett Quinn K. Redeker George N. Neise Samson Burke Emil Sitka Hal Smith Marlin McKeever Mike McKeever |
| Music by | Paul Dunlap |
| Cinematography | Scotty Welbourne |
| Editing by | Edwin H. Bryant |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures Corporation |
| Release date(s) | January 26, 1962 |
| Running time | 89 minutes |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | Snow White and the Three Stooges (1961) |
| Followed by | The Three Stooges in Orbit (1962) |
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The Three Stooges Meet Hercules (1962) was the third feature film to star the Three Stooges after their 1959 resurgence in popularity. By this time, the trio consisted of Moe Howard, Larry Fine, and Curly Joe DeRita. Released by Columbia Pictures, The Three Stooges Meet Hercules was directed by long-time Stooge director Edward Bernds. Over the years, Moe would cite Bernds as the team's finest director.
This was the most financially successful of the Stooges' feature films and is still highly regarded amongst fans.
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[edit] Plot
The Stooges work at Dimsal's Drug Store where they befriend Schuyler, the owner of the shop next door, who is attempting to build a time machine. With the boys "help", the machine transports the boys, Schuyler and wannabe girlfriend Diane back in time to ancient Greece during the reign of the lecherous King Odius. The King has a yearning for Diane and banishes Schuyler and the boys to the galleys, where Schuyler builds impressive muscles while constantly rowing. After escaping, they start billing Schuyler as Hercules at a local gladiatoral arena. The real Hercules gets wind of their game and confronts them, but the Stooges manage to convince Hercules to help them rescue Diane. The time travelers manage to set history straight by removing the King and dump him off during Indian dominated America where a band of warriors chase him off into the distance.
[edit] Primary Cast
- Moe Howard: Moe
- Larry Fine: Larry
- Joe DeRita: Curly-Joe
- Vicki Trickett: Diane Quigley
- Quinn K. Redeker: Schuyler Davis
- George N. Neise: Ralph Dimsal/King Odius
- Samson Burke: Hercules
- Emil Sitka: Shepherd/Refreshment Man
- Hal Smith: King Theseus Of Rhodes
- Marlin McKeever: Ajax (The Siamese Cyclops)
- Mike McKeever: Argo (The Siamese Cyclops)
[edit] Further reading
- Moe Howard and the Three Stooges; by Moe Howard [1], (Citadel Press, 1977).
- The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion; by Jon Solomon [2], (Comedy III Productions, Inc., 2002).
- The Three Stooges Scrapbook; by Jeff Lenburg, Joan Howard Maurer, Greg Lenburg [3](Citadel Press, 1994).
- The Three Stooges: An Illustrated History, From Amalgamated Morons to American Icons; by Michael Fleming [4](Broadway Publishing, 2002).
- One Fine Stooge: A Frizzy Life in Pictures; by Steve Cox and Jim Terry [5], (Cumberland House Publishing, 2006).
