Phony Express

Phony Express

17 mins | Comedy, Western | Nov. 18, 1943

Set in the old west, the stooges are three tramps wanted for vagrancy. After ruining a medicine peddlers show, they arrive in Peaceful Gulch where a picture has been printed declaring them to be three famous lawmen coming to clean up the town. Assigned to guard the bank, the boys have the local gang scared at first, but when the gang learns who the stooges really are, they rob the bank. The boys go in pursuit, find the bad guy's hideout, subdue the bandits and recover the money. Written by Mitch Shapiro

Phony Express

17 mins | Comedy, Western | Nov. 18, 1943

Phony Express
Set in the old west, the stooges are three tramps wanted for vagrancy. After ruining a medicine peddlers show, they arrive in Peaceful Gulch where a picture has been printed declaring them to be three famous lawmen coming to clean up the town. Assigned to guard the bank, the boys have the local gang scared at first, but when the gang learns who the stooges really are, they rob the bank. The boys go in pursuit, find the bad guy's hideout, subdue the bandits and recover the money. Written by Mitch Shapiro
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers Columbia Pictures
Original title Phony Express
Directors Del Lord
Writers Elwood Ullman, Monte Collins

Cast

Curly Howard

as Curly

Larry Fine

as Larry

Moe Howard

as Moe

Shirley Patterson

as Lola (bargirl)

Bud Jamison

as Red Morgan

Harry 'Snub' Pollard

as Sheriff Hogwaller (uncredited)

Blackie Whiteford

as Red's Henchman (uncredited)

Ernie Adams

as The Banker (uncredited)