Hot Stuff (1956) starring the Three Stooges — Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard
Hot Stuff can charitably be described as a remake of Fuelin’ Around. It has a different opening, with Moe and Larry playing the part of secret agents. They try to romance two lovely secretaries at their secret agent headquarters. But swiftly get rebuffed after they kiss the secretaries …. With Larry getting his nose bitten, and Moe getting his hand stapled repeatedly. Shemp is noticeably absent, since this was done after his death. Joe Palma filling in for Shemp on other new material, filmed from behind or wearing a false beard.
The remainder of the film is pretty much the same as Fuelin’ Around. This time with Moe and Larry working undercover as carpenters to protect the professor.
In short, there’s very little new material, and the original short is better.
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Cast of characters
- Shemp Howard (Private Buckaroo) … Shemp (archive footage)
- Larry Fine (The Three Stooges Meet Hercules) … Larry
- Moe Howard (The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze) … Moe
- Christine McIntyre (Bubble Trouble) … Hazel Sneed (archive footage)
- Emil Sitka (Shot in the Frontier) … Professor Sneed (archive footage)
- Philip Van Zandt (Bedlam in Paradise) … Anemian Captain
Additional cast
- Tiny Brauer (Fling in the Ring) … Leon – Anemian Chauffeur (uncredited)
- Connie Cezon (Tricky Dicks) … Uranian Officer (uncredited)
- Vernon Dent (Malice in the Palace) … Anemian General (uncredited)
- Evelyn Lovequist … Uranian Officer (uncredited)
- Jock Mahoney (Punchy Cowpunchers) … Guard (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Joe Palma (Hot Ice) … Shemp (uncredited)
- Suzanne Ridgway (Up in Daisy’s Penthouse) … Girl in Hallway (uncredited)
- Gene Roth (Dunked in the Deep) … Anemian Ambassador (uncredited)
- Hans Schumm (Fuelin’ Around) … Col. Klotz (archive footage) (uncredited)