Gents in a Jam

Shemp is heir to his uncle Phineas million dollar fortune. Last Stooge short directed by Ed Bernds.

Gents in a Jam — Plot

Shemp's rich Uncle Phineas comes to visit the stooges who are broke and about to evicted. The boys convince their landlady Mrs. McGruder not to toss them out as Shemp is set to inherit a fortune. The boys also have trouble with a circus strongman after Shemp accidentally rips off his wife's dress. Uncle Phineas gets in the middle of the fight, and Mrs. McGruder ends it by knocking out the strongman. It turns out that Uncle Phineas and the landlady were childhood sweethearts and he marries her, leaving the stooges out of the bucks once again.

• Release date
• July 4, 1952
• Runtime
• 16 min
• Genres
• Comedy
• Director
• Edward Bernds

Gents in a Jam — Cast

Shemp Howard Shemp Moe Howard Moe Larry Fine Larry Kitty McHugh Landlady Danni Sue Nolan Gertie Dugan Emil Sitka Uncle Phinneas Mickey Simpson Rocky Duggan Harry 'Snub' Pollard Telegram Deliverer (uncredited)