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A Hit with a Miss

It's a laugh-loaded winner!
Dec 13, 1945 · 16m
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Comedy

PLOT

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.

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CAST

Shemp Howard
Rameses - Prizefighter
Charley Rogers
Professor Periwinkle (as Charles Rogers)
Robert B. Williams
Jonesy
Marilyn Johnson
Rameses' Fiancee
Heinie Conklin
Referee (uncredited)
Lew Davis
Ring Announcer (uncredited)
Larry Fine
Professor Periwinkle (archive footage) (uncredited)
Arthur Housman
Fight Timekeeper (archive footage) (uncredited)
Directed by Jules White

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Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
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Production
Columbia Pictures
Country
US
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