- Who Done It? (1949 film)
Infobox Film
name = Who Done It?
caption =
director =Edward Bernds
writer = Edward Bernds
starring =Moe Howard Larry Fine Shemp Howard Emil Sitka Christine McIntyre Ralph Dunn Duke York Charles Knight Dudley Dickerson
cinematography =Ira H. Morgan |
editing =Henry DeMond
producer =Hugh McCollum
distributor =Columbia Pictures
released = flagicon|USMarch 3 ,1949
runtime = 16' 33"
country = USA
language = English
amg_id = 1:149349
imdb_id = 0042042
preceded_by = "The Ghost Talks"
followed_by = "Hokus Pokus""Who Done It?" is the 114th
short subject starring Americanslapstick comedy team theThree Stooges . The trio made a total of 190 shorts forColumbia Pictures between 1934 and 1959.Plot
The Stooges are private eyes at the Alert Detective Agency who are called upon by the wealthy Mr. Goodrich (
Emil Sitka ). Goodrich reports that the Phantom Gang, of which his own niece (Christine McIntyre ) is a member of have been murdering socialites, with Goodrich as their next target. By the time the Stooge arrive, Goodrich is out cold and locked away, with the butler (Charles Knight ) (also a member of the Phantom Gang) greeting the trio. Goodrich's niece flirts with Shemp, ultimately trying to poison him. Finally, a towering goon named Nikko (Duke York ) chases the Stooges from room to room. After Shemp knocks Nikko cold, he literally bumps in an unconscious Goodrich, who downloads the Phantom Gang's plot. A fight then ensues with the lights out, and the Stooges ultimately get the baddies.Notes
"Who Done It?" was reworked in 1956 as "
For Crimin' Out Loud ", using amplestock footage .Further reading
*"Moe Howard and the Three Stooges"; by Moe Howard, (Citadel Press, 1977). ISBN 0806507233
*"The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion"; by Jon Solomon, (Comedy III Productions, Inc., 2002). ISBN 0971186804
*"The Three Stooges Scrapbook"; by Jeff Lenburg,Joan Howard Maurer , Greg Lenburg (Citadel Press, 1994). ISBN 0806509465
*"The Three Stooges: An Illustrated History, From Amalgamated Morons to American Icons"; by Michael Fleming (Broadway Publishing, 2002). ISBN 0767905563
*"One Fine Stooge: A Frizzy Life in Pictures"; by Steve Cox and Jim Terry, (Cumberland House Publishing, 2006). ISBN 1581823630
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