“Booby Dupes” (1945) starring The Three Stooges / Z-View

Booby Dupes (1945)

Director:  Del Lord

Screenplay: Del Lord

Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Vernon Dent and ‘Snub’ Pollard

Tagline: The Stooges are mixed up in some fishy business.

The Plot…

Larry, Curly and Moe are fish salesmen.  Curly gets the bright idea that if they caught their own fish, they could cut out the middlemen.  So the boys buy a boat and head out to sea.  What could go wrong?

Thoughts (beware of spoilers)…

Booby Dupes starts out just like the Stooges 1940 short Cookoo Cavaliers.  The boys are fish sellers and they get some business with a woman wanting to buy a fish.  Vernon Dent shows up as a ship Captain.  Curly steals his uniform and tries to make time with Dent’s girl.  There’s more hijinks repairing the boat and when the boys make it out to sea.  Booby Dupes is a solid Stooges’ short.

Booby Dupes earns 4 of 5 stars.