“The Hot Scots” (1948) Starring The Three Stooges / Z-View
The Hot Scots (1948)
Director: Edward Bernds
Screenplay: Elwood Ullman
Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard, Herbert Evans, Christine McIntyre and Theodore Lorch
Tagline: Hoot Man! …And Hoot Loud at the Stooges’ maddest funfest!
The Overview: Beware of spoilers…
After graduation from a correspondence detective school, Larry, Shemp and Moe apply for jobs at Scotland Yard. They’re hired as janitors. While cleaning the grounds they get a lead on a rich man who needs guards for his valuables while he is away from his spooky castle. Little does the man know, but it is his hired staff who plan to rip him off! The would-be thieves decide to scare the Stooges into leaving and hilarity follows.
In 1954, The Hot Scots was remade as Scotched in Scotland and reused much of the same footage from the original film.
The Hot Scots earns 4 of 5 stars.
