“Three Smart Saps” (1942) starring The Three Stooges / Z-View

Three Smart Saps (1942)

Director:  Jules White

Screenplay: Clyde Bruckman

Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Vernon Dent and Bud Jamison

Tagline: None.

The Plot…

The boys (Larry, Curly and Moe) are about to be married to three sisters.  That’s when they learn that their future father-in-law, the warden at a local jail has been locked up.  Gangsters have turned the jail into a club for crooks to gamble, dance and booze it up.  It’s up to Larry, Curly and Moe to break into the jail, get incriminating photos and save their father-in-law.  What could go wrong?

Thoughts (beware of spoilers)…

Three Smart Saps is a rare Stooges short where the humor is less dependent on Moe hitting Larry and Curly.  The laughs come (mostly) from the situations the boys put themselves in.  There’s an extended dance scene where Curly takes center stage and really performs.  He was light on his feet and able to move for a big man.

Three Smart Saps earns 5 of 5 stars.