Goofs and Saddles
Goofs and Saddles
NR | 02 July 1937 (USA)
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Set in the old west, the stooges are spies for US Calvary; "Buffalo Bilious", "Wild Bill Hiccup" and "Just Plain Bill". Sent by General "Muster" to catch a gang of cattle rustlers, they wind up in a saloon where the boss of the gang hangs out. The boys disguise themselves as gamblers and get into a card game with the villain, but must flee when their identities are discovered. They hole up in a cabin, fighting off the bad guys, until the calvary arrives.

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Kailansorac

Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.

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Curapedi

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

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Nicole

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

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Philippa

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

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frankfob

This is one of the Stooges better efforts and one of their best westerns (apparently Moe didn't like doing westerns, but since they turned out to be very popular with their fans, Columbia overrode Moe's misgivings). Curly is at his peak, and there are some very funny and very clever gags (the boys disguising themselves as bushes to spy on the rustlers' camp, a "rigged" card game they play with the head bad guy, the great Stanley Blystone) and even Larry has more to do than usual, and does it well. The Stooges look like they were actually having fun making this one--Moe's aversion to westerns not withstanding--and it shows. A very good short by the boys.

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Michael_Elliott

Goofs and Saddles (1937) *** (out of 4) Spoof of the Old West has The Three Stooges playing Wild Bill Hiccup, Buffalo Bilious and Just Plain Bill as the three are sent out to try and gather information on some cattle rustlers. This here is a pretty good short as it contains a nice amount of laughs as well as some funny physical stuff but I wouldn't necessarily call it a classic. The highlight would have to be a scene where the three dress themselves as trees so that they can spy on the enemy but they end up getting too close and one of the bad guys things he sees a rabbit jump into the bushes. Axe and gun play soon follow. Another nice sequence is a poker game where the Stooges start cheating without knowing the man they're playing with just killed three other men for doing the same thing. The nice shoot out at the end makes for an entertaining way to spend 20-minutes.

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slymusic

"Goofs and Saddles" is one of the best comedy Westerns the Stooges ever made. Sporting long hair at the beginning of this short, the boys are scouts for the U.S. Cavalry, bearing the names Buffalow Billious (Curly), Wild Bill Hicup (Moe), and Just Plain Bill (Larry). They are assigned by General Muster (Ted Lorch) to wipe out a notorious gang of cattle rustlers headed by Longhorn Pete (Stanley Blystone), and by the end of the short, they succeed as only the Stooges could.Highlights from "Goofs and Saddles" include the following (don't read any further until after you have seen this film). In response to their scout call, the Stooges jump out of a tree and make a hilarious crash. The boys don't get very far in their bush disguises, but Just Plain Bill has a little fun in preventing an outlaw from chopping up some of the boys' shrubbery for a fire. Posing as gamblers, the Stooges try to swindle Longhorn Pete by cheating in a poker game. Once Pete realizes that the Stooges are cavalry scouts, an exciting chase occurs as the boys make a run for it in a covered wagon.To sum up, "Goofs and Saddles" is a fun comedy Western with plenty of shoot-'em-up action & slapstick. Bravo not only to the Stooges but also to Stanley Blystone, who gives a terrific portrayal of Longhorn Pete, the most menacing cattle rustler of the Bad Lands. Blystone would continue to be a familiar Three Stooges foil for years to come.

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ttherman

One of their best shorts ever. The boys are spies called in to round up a team of cattle rustlers. There is one great gag after another in this really fast moving short. A card game with the boss of the rustlers is a particular highlight. A great short the shows how funny and often underrated the Stooges are!

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