The read
It runs a compact 16m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
3 audience votes
Key crew
- Jack WhiteScreenplay
- Jules WhiteDirector
Cast
- Shemp HowardRameses - Prizefighter
- Charley RogersProfessor Periwinkle (as Charles Rogers)
- Robert B. WilliamsJonesy
- Marilyn JohnsonRameses' Fiancee
- Heinie ConklinReferee (uncredited)
- Lew DavisRing Announcer (uncredited)
- Larry FineProfessor Periwinkle (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Arthur HousmanFight Timekeeper (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Johnny KascierKilduff's Trainer in Ring (uncredited)
- Sam LufkinSpectator (uncredited)
- Frank MillsSpectator (uncredited)
- Joe PalmaKiller Kilduff (uncredited)