Three Dark Horses is the one-hundred-forty-second Columbia Pictures short subject starring the Three Stooges.
Plot[]
The Stooges are janitors-turned-delegates after being recruited to support bad news political candidate Hammond Egger. Egger's corrupt campaign manager Bill Wick (Kenneth MacDonald) and his assistant Jim Digger (Ben Welden) are desperate after the original three delegates departed the campaign after realizing Egger was rotten. Upon finding the bumbling Stooges, who nearly destroy Digger's toupee after vacuuming it from his head, Wick is enthralled. He hired the Stooges outright, and lays out their responsibilities as delegates. They gladly accept and start caucusing.
It does not take long for the Stooges to realize that Egger is a crook, and throw their votes to opposing candidate Abel Lamb Stewer. When Wick finds out that his new boys have double-crossed him, he comes looking for revenge, with the trio defeating Wick and Digger in a wild fight.
Cast[]
- Moe Howard as Moe
- Shemp Howard as Shemp
- Larry Fine as Larry
- Kenneth MacDonald as Wm. 'Bill' Wick
- Ben Welden as Digger
- Jules White as Jack The TV reporter
- Bud Jamison as Hammond Egger
Notes[]
- The Hammond Egger campaign poster uses a photo of Bud Jamison, a tribute to the prolific costar who died on September 30, 1944.