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Status
Released
Release
1945
Runtime
16m
"It's a laugh-loaded winner!"
Shemp Howard is a prizefighter in this Columbia All-Star Comedy who has a complex that leaves him a coward and unable to fight unless he hears "Pop Goes the Weasel." He hears it enough here, from various and outlandish sources, to eventually win his championship match.
18 Cast Members
Shemp Howard
Rameses - Prizefighter
Charley Rogers
Professor Periwinkle (as Charles Rogers)
Robert B. Williams
Jonesy
Marilyn Johnson
Rameses' Fiancee
Heinie Conklin
Referee (uncredited)
Lew Davis
Ring Announcer (uncredited)
Larry Fine
Professor Periwinkle (archive footage) (uncredited)
Arthur Housman
Fight Timekeeper (archive footage) (uncredited)
Johnny Kascier
Kilduff's Trainer in Ring (uncredited)
Sam Lufkin
Spectator (uncredited)
Frank Mills
Spectator (uncredited)
Joe Palma
Killer Kilduff (uncredited)
Wally Rose
Scarred Fighter (uncredited)
Victor Travis
Spectator with Toupee (uncredited)
John Tyrrell
Spud McGurn (uncredited)
Harry Watson
Kid in Fight Crowd (archive footage) (uncredited)
Blackie Whiteford
Fighter (uncredited)
Al Thompson
Ringside Spectator with Cigar (uncredited)
