Dopey Dicks

Dopey Dicks
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Edward Bernds
Produced by	Hugh McCollum
Written by	Elwood Ullman
Starring	Moe Howard Larry Fine Shemp Howard Christine McIntyre Philip Van Zandt Stanley Price
Cinematography	Vincent J. Farrar
Editing by	Henry DeMond
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date(s)	March 2, 1950 (U.S.)
Running time	15' 43"
Country	United States
Language	English

Dopey Dicks (1950) is the 122nd short subject starring American slapstick comedy team the Three Stooges. The trio made a total of 190 shorts for Columbia Pictures between 1934 and 1959.

Plot

The Stooges are janitors who have just finished moving furniture and assorted items into the office of a detective. Shemp fantisizes about the exciting life of a private eye, when a beautiful blonde in distress (Christine McIntyre) rushes in begging for help, claiming she is being followed. While the Stooges search the hallways, she quickly scribbles a note and is captured by a mysterious figure.

Colorized title card from Dopey Dicks.

The Stooges come back to the office, finding no one. They see that the dame is gone. The Stooges follow her note to a dark house on Mortuary Road where an evil scientist (Philip Van Zandt) is building an army of robot men. The Stooges arrive, having second thoughts, they are greeted by the butler (Stanley Price) who takes Moe to the scientist's lab. Shemp and Larry agree that something is going on, Larry decides to go look for the dame while Shemp watches Moe through the key hole. While in the lab, the scientist tries to cut off Moe's head, but does not succeed. Shemp seeing the action runs and yells "Every man for himself!" He tries to open the door but the handle is pulled out and pulls Shemp to the door. Finding a place to hide, Shemp finds the girl tied up and gagged in a curtained alcove at the end of the main hallway. She then tells Shemp that those men escaped a mental hospital. While everyone spreds out being chased The scientist and his assistant, Shemp tries to call the mental hospital, but is scared off by the scientist's headless robot. Larry hides in one room, soon Shemp runs in and sees Larry poking his head between the tables and thinks Larry goy his head cut off. Larry is found by the assistant. Larry takes the tables and sqeezes the assistant between them. Shemp runs to a closet, he opens the door and sees Moe, they both scream and Shemp runs off. Moe asks himself "What's wrong with that imbisile?" The scientist emerges from behind the coats and tries to cut Moe's head off. Moe escapes and runs. Shemp returns to the closet, realizing he ran into Moe. While searching for Moe in the closet, Moe comes back with a key and locks the door. Larry and the girl find him and tell him that they found a secret passage way. Larry haults everyone and asks Moe "Where's Shemp?" Moe, unaware that Shemp is in the closet, replies "He got away, I got the professor locked in the closet" Moe then swallows the key and all three make a run for it. In the closet the scientist emerges again and tells Shemp "Try to get out of this!" Shemp breaks down the door and runs after Moe, Larry, and the girl. Moe, Larry, and the girl, at the side of a road, yell for rides. One car stops and they hop in. Shemp catches up with them and gets in the car. They all feel glad they got out of the house and are safe. Suddenly the girl screams and points to the driver, the scientist's headless robot, the Stooges and the girl scream in horror and huddle up in the back seat.

The boys get spooked by Ralph the butler (Stanley Price) in Dopey Dicks.

External links

• Dopey Dicks at the Internet Movie Database
• Dopey Dicks at AllRovi