A Hit with a Miss

A Hit with a Miss

16 mins | Comedy | Dec. 13, 1945

Shemp Howard is a prizefighter in this Columbia All-Star Comedy who has a complex that leaves him a coward and unable to fight unless he hears "Pop Goes the Weasel." He hears it enough here, from various and outlandish sources, to eventually win his championship match.

A Hit with a Miss

16 mins | Comedy | Dec. 13, 1945

A Hit with a Miss
Shemp Howard is a prizefighter in this Columbia All-Star Comedy who has a complex that leaves him a coward and unable to fight unless he hears "Pop Goes the Weasel." He hears it enough here, from various and outlandish sources, to eventually win his championship match.
Producers Columbia Pictures
Original title A Hit with a Miss
Directors Jules White
Writers Curly Howard, Jack White, Larry Fine, Moe Howard

Cast

Shemp Howard

as Rameses - Prizefighter

Charley Rogers

as Professor Periwinkle (as Charles Rogers)

Robert B. Williams

as Jonesy

Marilyn Johnson

as Rameses' Fiancee

Heinie Conklin

as Referee (uncredited)

Lew Davis

as Ring Announcer (uncredited)

Larry Fine

as Professor Periwinkle (archive footage) (uncredited)

Arthur Housman

as Fight Timekeeper (archive footage) (uncredited)

Johnny Kascier

as Kilduff's Trainer in Ring (uncredited)

Sam Lufkin

as Spectator (uncredited)

Frank Mills

as Spectator (uncredited)

Joe Palma

as Killer Kilduff (uncredited)

Wally Rose

as Scarred Fighter (uncredited)

Victor Travis

as Spectator with Toupee (uncredited)

John Tyrrell

as Spud McGurn (uncredited)

Harry Watson

as Kid in Fight Crowd (archive footage) (uncredited)

Blackie Whiteford

as Fighter (uncredited)

Al Thompson

as Ringside Spectator with Cigar