- Have Rocket, Will Travel
Infobox Film
name = Have Rocket, Will Travel
caption =
director =David Lowell Rich
producer =Harry A. Romm
writer =Raphael Hayes
starring =Moe Howard Larry Fine Joe DeRita Anna-Lisa Robert Colbert Jerome Cowan Don Lamond
Robert Stevenson
music =Mischa Bakaleinikoff
cinematography =Ray Cory
editing =Danny B. Landres
distributor =Columbia Pictures Corporation
released = flagicon|USAugust 1 , 1959
runtime = 76' 14"
country = USA
language = English
preceded_by = "Sappy Bull Fighters "
followed_by = "Stop, Look and Laugh "
amg_id = 1:126096
imdb_id = 0052880"Have Rocket, Will Travel" was the first feature film to star the Three Stooges after their 1959 resurgence in popularity. By this time, the trio consisted of
Moe Howard , Larry Fine, andCurly Joe DeRita . Released byColumbia Pictures , "Have Rocket, Will Travel" is reminiscent of "Abbott and Costello Go to Mars " (1953). In the Stooge comedy, the boys are portrayed as janitors who accidentally blast off to Venus and encounter a mysterious alien. The 1959soundtrack to "Have Rocket, Will Travel" featured songs such as "Swinging the Alphabet " and "Aba Daba Honeymoon ". [cite book |title= The Three Stooges Scrapbook|last= Maurer|first= Joan Howard |authorlink= |coauthors= Jeff Lenburg, Norman Maurer, Greg Lenburg|year= 1985|publisher= Citadel Press|location= |isbn= 0806509465|pages= 187|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=iTQXz-zQK5MC&pg=PA187&dq=%22Aba+Daba+Honeymoon%22&as_brr=3&sig=ACfU3U15NhKCNMPIi9UgsIRsUBfVDas7ag#PPA187,M1]Primary Cast
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Moe Howard : Moe
*Larry Fine: Larry
*Joe DeRita : Curly-Joe
*Anna-Lisa : Dr. Ingrid Naarveg
*Robert Colbert : Dr. Ted Benson
*Jerome Cowan : Mr. Morse
*Don Lamond : The Venusian Robot/Reporter/Narrator
*Robert Stevenson: Voice of The ThingtzReferences
Further reading
*"Moe Howard and the Three Stooges"; by Moe Howard [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0806507233] , (Citadel Press, 1977).
*"The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion"; by Jon Solomon [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0971186804] , (Comedy III Productions, Inc., 2002).
*"The Three Stooges Scrapbook"; by Jeff Lenburg, Joan Howard Maurer, Greg Lenburg [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0806509465] (Citadel Press, 1994).
*"The Three Stooges: An Illustrated History, From Amalgamated Morons to American Icons"; by Michael Fleming [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0767905563] (Broadway Publishing, 2002).
*"One Fine Stooge: A Frizzy Life in Pictures"; by Steve Cox and Jim Terry [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1581823630] , (Cumberland House Publishing, 2006).
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