Disorder in the Court

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The stooges are witnesses at a trial where their friend, a dancer at a nightclub where they are musicians, is accused of murder. The stooges manage to disrupt the proceedings but save the da... Read allThe stooges are witnesses at a trial where their friend, a dancer at a nightclub where they are musicians, is accused of murder. The stooges manage to disrupt the proceedings but save the day when they discover the real murderer's identity.The stooges are witnesses at a trial where their friend, a dancer at a nightclub where they are musicians, is accused of murder. The stooges manage to disrupt the proceedings but save the day when they discover the real murderer's identity.

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Moe Howard

Moe
(as Moe)

Larry Fine

Larry
(as Larry)

Curly Howard

Curly
(as Curly)

Nick Baskovitch

Man in Hallway
(uncredited)

Alice Belcher

Juror
(uncredited)

Hank Bell

Juror - Back Row
(uncredited)

Dan Brady

Juror
(uncredited)

Bobby Burns

Gallery Spectator
(uncredited)

Louise Carver

Flirting Juror
(uncredited)

Billy Franey

Juror
(uncredited)

Sol Horwitz

Middle-Aged Man in Front Row of Court Audience
(uncredited)

Bud Jamison

Defense Attorney
(uncredited)

Tiny Jones

Juror
(uncredited)

Suzanne Kaaren

Gail Tempest
(uncredited)

Eddie Laughton

Man Sitting by Letterpress
(uncredited)

Edward LeSaint

Judge
(uncredited)

Hank Mann

Court Recorder
(uncredited)

James C. Morton

Court Clerk
(uncredited)

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Trivia
Sol Horwitz and Jenny Horwitz, the parents of Moe Howard and Curly Howard, make uncredited appearances in this film as front-row members of the court audience.

Goofs
An obviously smaller stunt-double for Curly Howard sits in the witness chair when it falls over.

Quotes
Defense attorney: [holding the murder weapon] The action on this pistol is so hard, it would take the strength of a mule to pull the trigger!
[hands the pistol to Curly]
Defense attorney: Go ahead!
Curly: I'm no mule!
Moe: No! Your ears are too short!

Alternate versions
In 2006, a computer colorized version was released as part of Columbia's "ChromaChoice" collection in a DVD entitled "The Three Stooges: Stooges on the Run".

Connections
Edited into The Three Stooges: Volume V (1982)

Soundtracks
Push 'em Up
(uncredited)
Written by Howard Jackson
Dance number during in the courtroom

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Hilarious

This hilarious short comedy is one of the best-remembered Three Stooges movies, with plenty of zany slapstick and other gags that make very good use of the courtroom setting. It builds up nicely, starting with some light comedy including puns and sight gags, and it ends up in a typical Stooges free-for-all.

The story starts with Moe, Larry, and Curly being called as witnesses in a murder trial, and it adds just enough detail to the trial itself to maintain a story line in the midst of the gradually increasing chaos. Many of the props in the courtroom, from the evidence exhibits to the furniture, are used to good effect.

The setting works very well in bringing the Stooges with their free-wheeling approach to things into the courtroom with its staid, time-honored ways of doing things. It's funny in itself, and it allows for some amusing clashes, which at times also poke fun at the absurdity of some of the court system's archaic customs and terminology. It's especially enjoyable to watch the court functionaries attempting to 'swear in' Curly as a witness, a sequence that Curly pulls off especially well.

"Disorder in the Court" really has everything that you hope for in a Three Stooges comedy, and it's among their best movies.