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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10ccthemovieman-1

Curly's Comic Genius On Display In Court

This is one of the all-time famous Three Stooges films. It's total insanity, start-to-finish, and even though it's corny it still gets a ton of laughs even today. To me, it also demonstrates the comic genius of Curly.

All the action takes place in court and we see only one witness: Curly, of all people! He and the boys are trying to get their friend "Gail Tempest" (those who remember actress Gail Storm will appreciate this humor) out of a murder charge. "Who killed Cock Robin" is the question here.

Curly goes through his classic routine of trying to take his hat off, raise his right hand and put his left hand on the Bible all at the same time! It's almost become a classic routine. He does other things in here, too, that only Curly could pull off.

Watching this yesterday for the first time in about 20 years and probably the 10th overall, I still laughed out loud at several things, namely: What the jury looked like after the attorney says, "It is merely an attempt to influence this intelligent, broad-minded and most-intelligent jury!" (You see 12 of the dumbest-looking people you've ever seen!); Moe shooting a "tarantula" (some guy's wig) and Larry doing his Tarzan yell.

What can you say? This is The Three Stooges at the height of their hilarity.

10Smells_Like_Cheese

Disorder in the Court

Without a doubt, this always has been and always will be my favorite stooge flick. I loved every minute of it and you will always get a laugh from the three stooges.

The plot is that Gail's life is at stake for a murder that she did not commit at dancer's club. Her only witnesses are the three stooges that can prove that she did not commit the crime. Through their zanny testimonies they find a way to save her life from being thrown away to prison.

This is one of the best stooge comedies, and I would highly recommend it to any true stooge fans! 10/10

Snow Leopard

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.

NYGuy322

One of the funniest Curly shorts ever!

Before I begin, i'd like to give a message to this chowderhead fellow.

Dude, get a life, this whole gimmick that you hate everything you've reviewed here is really pathetic.

With that out of the way, I must say of all of the Curly Shorts, this one is the funniest (with Punch Drunks coming in a close second). His "take off your hat" routine always has me in stitches. I recomend this short to any Stooge fan who has unfortunately never seen it or to any person who just wants to laugh!

other recommended Curly shorts: Punch Drunks, Violence is the Word for Curly, Three Little Pirates, and We Want our Mummy

9Little-Mikey

Disorder in the court!

Why Columbia Pictures chose to let this classic fall into public domain while maintaining and renewing its ownership of "Woman Haters" is truly a mystery to me.

The result of Columbia Pictures' not-so-wise logic is that this short has been appearing and reappearing on budget videos and later on budget DVD compilations, usually coupled with "Brideless Grooms" (which was pretty good) and "Malace in the Palace" (which was OK).

This comedy short is truly a classic. The slapstick is non-stop and it is impossible to say who really stole the scenes.

Was it Curly when he took the stand? ("Raise your hand, take off your hat, put your hand here") Or was it Suzanne Kaaren, with her million dollar legs? (Yes, she really had her legs insured for a million dollars.) The Stooges also show off their musical talent which translated to musical comedy. (Did the late great Spike Jones get his idea from this film?) A laugh riot for all...

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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
Court clerk: [as Curly come up to him] Take off your hat.
[Curly does with his right hand]
Court clerk: Now, raise your right hand.
[Curly put his hat back on and does]
Court clerk: [points to the Bible] Now put your left hand here.
[Curly goes to do so but can't because his cane is in that hand, so he switches it to his right hand then does so]
Judge: [to Curley] Take off your hat.
[Curly does again with his right hand]
Court clerk: Raise your right hand.
[Curly put his hat back on again and does so]
Court clerk: [Points to the Bible again] Now put your left hand here.
[Again, Curly switches hands with his cane to do so]
Judge: Please take off your hat.
[Curly does again with his right hand and the same charade happens]
Court clerk: [Getting increasingly impatient] Raise your right hand! Now put your left hand here.
Judge: [Getting annoyed] Will you please take off your hat!
[Again, the same charade happens]
Court clerk: [Through clenched teeth] Raise your right hand!
[Curly shows annoyance as well as he does so this time]
Court clerk: Now put your left hand here!
Judge: [Yells] Take off your hat!
[Curly does so this time with his left hand and sticks it on top of his cane]
Court clerk: Raise your right hand!
[Curly does holding the cane and hat, the clerk grabs the hat and shoves it back at Curly]
Court clerk: Will you get rid of that hat?
Curly: [Hangs his cane on the pocket of the clerk, then puts his hat on the clerk] Raise *your* right hand.
Court clerk: [He does, then realizes what he's doing, takes off the hat and places it under the Bible, then to Curly] Raise your right hand.
[Curly finally does]

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".