A Hit with a Miss (1945)
It's a laugh-loaded winner!
1945 · NR · 0h 16m · Comedy
Genres: Comedy
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.
Director: Jules White
Writers: Jack White, Larry Fine, Curly Howard
Cast
Shemp Howard as Rameses - PrizefighterCharley Rogers as Professor Periwinkle (as Charles Rogers)Robert B. Williams as JonesyMarilyn Johnson as Rameses' FianceeHeinie Conklin as Referee (uncredited)Lew Davis as Ring Announcer (uncredited)Larry Fine as Professor Periwinkle (archive footage) (uncredited)Arthur Housman as Fight Timekeeper (archive footage) (uncredited)Johnny Kascier as Kilduff's Trainer in Ring (uncredited)Sam Lufkin as Spectator (uncredited)Frank Mills as Spectator (uncredited)Joe Palma as Killer Kilduff (uncredited)More like this
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