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Hold That Lion!
Hold That Lion!

Hold That Lion!

Genres

Comedy

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The stooges are scammed out of their inheritance by Icabob Slipp, a crooked lawyer. The boys follow Slipp onto a passenger train and corner him, but not before they accidentally let a lion loose on the train. The only Stooges SHORT where Moe, Curly and Shemp appear together.

Others

Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

17 mins

Rating

7/10

Release Date

17 July 1947

Country

United States of America

Cast

Shemp Howard

Shemp Howard

Shemp

Larry Fine

Larry Fine

Larry

Moe Howard

Moe Howard

Moe

Kenneth MacDonald

Kenneth MacDonald

Icabod Slipp

Emil Sitka

Emil Sitka

Attorney

Dudley Dickerson

Dudley Dickerson

Pullman Porter

Curly Howard

Curly Howard

Curly - Sleeping Passenger (uncredited)

Heinie Conklin

Heinie Conklin

Train Conductor (uncredited)

Blackie Whiteford

Blackie Whiteford

Train Passenger (uncredited)

Victor Travis

Victor Travis

Bearded Man (uncredited)

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