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If a Body Meets a Body (1945)

NR · 1945-08-30 · 19m · EN
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Curly learns that he is named in the will of his rich uncle, so the boys head for the uncle's mansion to attend the reading of the will. They arrive on a dark and stormy night only to find that the lawyer has been murdered and the will and the body have disappeared. All the relatives must stay in the spooky house while the police investigate and the stooges are given the bedroom where the uncle was murdered. After a series of misadventures with a walking skull and the uncle's body, which keeps turning up in strange places, the stooges unmask the butler and maid as the killers and recover the will. Then they learn that Curly has only been left sixty seven cents.

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Curly HowardCurly HowardCurlyLarry FineLarry FineLarryMoe HowardMoe HowardMoeTheodore LorchTheodore LorchJerkingtonJoe PalmaJoe PalmaHousekeeper (uncredited)Fred KelseyFred KelseyDetectiveJudy MalcolmJudy MalcolmFamily MemberAl ThompsonAl ThompsonUncle Bob O. Link (uncredited)Victor TravisVictor TravisFamily MemberJohn TyrrellJohn TyrrellLawyerDorothy VernonDorothy VernonFamily Member

Keywords

ShortRemakeSlapstickShort filmThree stoogesSlapstick comedy

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Genre affinityComedyTheme affinityShort · Remake · SlapstickDialogue densityComedyPacingShortDirector preference300434Actor preference223570 · 295065 · 276051

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What is If a Body Meets a Body about?

Curly learns that he is named in the will of his rich uncle, so the boys head for the uncle's mansion to attend the reading of the will. They arrive on a dark and stormy night only to find that the lawyer has been murdered and the will and the body have disappeared. All the relatives must stay in the spooky house while the police investigate and the stooges are given the bedroom where the uncle was murdered. After a series of misadventures with a walking skull and the uncle's body, which keeps turning up in strange places, the stooges unmask the butler and maid as the killers and recover the will. Then they learn that Curly has only been left sixty seven cents.

How long is If a Body Meets a Body?

If a Body Meets a Body has a runtime of 19 minutes.