Set in colonial times, the stooges are convicted criminals who are banished from England to the American colonies. When they arrive, they find that the colonists are starving because the local Indians won't let them on their hunting grounds. The stooges go hunting any, and after a wild chase, are captured by the Indians. They escape and another wild chase ensues.
Acting
Curly's turkey impersonation deserves a posthumous Oscar.
Practical Effects
Pre-CGI chase scenes built on pure athletic incompetence.
Costume
British court wigs meet bargain-bin frontier fashion.
Director
Jack White
Curly Howard
Curly
Larry Fine
Larry
Moe Howard
Moe
Vernon Dent
Governor (uncredited)
Charles Dorety
Indian (uncredited)
William Irving
Courtroom Guard (uncredited)
Bud Jamison
Prosecutor (uncredited)
Ethelreda Leopold
Hope (uncredited)
Sam Lufkin
Indian (uncredited)
Theodore Lorch
Chief Rain in the Puss (uncredited)
Murdock MacQuarrie
Judge (uncredited)
John Rand
Governor's Aide (uncredited)
Cy Schindell
Indian (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was one of 190 shorts the Stooges made for Columbia Pictures, shot in about a week with minimal rehearsal.
The 'banished to America' premise was recycled from earlier British-set comedies, reflecting Depression-era anxieties about displacement.
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