Merry Mavericks

Merry Mavericks
Directed by	Edward Bernds
Produced by	Hugh McCollum
Written by	Edward Bernds
Starring	Moe Howard Larry Fine Shemp Howard Don Harvey Marion Martin Emil Sitka Paul Campbell
Cinematography	Allen G. Siegler
Editing by	Edwin H. Bryant
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date(s)	September 6, 1951 (1951-09-06)
Running time	15' 46"
Country	United States
Language	English

Merry Mavericks is the 133rd 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

Set in the Old West, Peaceful Gulch is not so peaceful as Morgan (Don Harvey) and his roughnecks have run the sheriff out of town. In attempt to bring normalcy back to their little town, some of the sheriff's posse concoct a scheme to trick Morgan and his hombres into thinking that there are three famous marshalls headed into town to bring back law and order.

The Stooges, mistaken for the three famous marshalls, are asked to stop Morgan and his men from stealing money in an old house haunted by the ghost of a headless Indian Chief (John Merton). The trio soon find that the Indian Chief is none other than one of Morgan's men. Shemp knocks out the headless henchman and dons the costume for himself. He soon runs into Moe and Larry who have been captured by Morgan. Still disguised, Shemp knocks out everyone in the room with his hatchet and the boys are heroes once again.

Notes

• Merry Mavericks is a partial remake of Phony Express, using minimal stock footage from the original.
• When Larry escapes from the two "ghosts" and locks himself in a room for safety, you can still hear him screaming with fear with the other Stooges running in the hallway.

External links

• Merry Mavericks at the Internet Movie Database
• Merry Mavericks at AllRovi