Have Rocket, Will Travel
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| Directed by | David Lowell Rich |
| Produced by | Harry A. Romm |
| Written by | Raphael Hayes |
| Starring | Moe Howard Larry Fine Joe DeRita Anna-Lisa Robert Colbert Jerome Cowan Don Lamond Robert Stevenson |
| Music by | Mischa Bakaleinikoff |
| Cinematography | Ray Cory |
| Editing by | Danny B. Landres |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures Corporation |
| Release date(s) | August 1, 1959 |
| Running time | 76' 14" |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Have Rocket, Will Travel is a 1959 comedy film starring The Three Stooges. By this time, the trio consisted of Moe Howard, Larry Fine, and Joe DeRita (dubbed "Curly Joe"). Released by Columbia Pictures, the feature was produced to capitalize on the comedy trio's late 1950s resurgence in popularity. The title is a parody of the then-popular television show Have Gun, Will Travel, and its soundtrack featured songs such as "Swinging the Alphabet" and "Aba Daba Honeymoon".[1]
Although billed as such, it was not the first starring feature for The Three Stooges. That honor goes to Rockin' in the Rockies, the only starring feature made with the best known lineup of Moe, Larry and Curly.[2]
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[edit] Plot
The Stooges are janitors working at a space center who accidentally blast off to Venus. They encounter a talking unicorn, a giant fire breathing tarantula, and an alien computer who has destroyed all human life on the planet and creates three evil triplets of the Stooges. When the boys return home triumphant, they are given a hero's welcome.
[edit] Space travel craze
The space travel theme of Have Rocket, Will Travel was quite prevalent in the late 1950s. The Stooges had already filmed several shorts for Columbia revolving around this theme (Space Ship Sappy, Outer Space Jitters, Flying Saucer Daffy). They followed up with yet another space entry in 1962 for The Three Stooges in Orbit.
[edit] Primary cast
- Moe Howard: Himself
- Larry Fine: Himself
- Joe DeRita: Himself
- Anna-Lisa: Dr. Ingrid Naarveg
- Robert Colbert: Dr. Ted Benson
- Jerome Cowan: Mr. Morse
- Don Lamond: The Venusian Robot/Reporter/Narrator
- Robert Stevenson: Voice of The Thingtz
- Dal McKennon: Voice of Uni the Unicorn
[edit] References
- ^ Maurer, Joan Howard; Jeff Lenburg, Norman Maurer, Greg Lenburg (1985). The Three Stooges Scrapbook. Citadel Press. p. 187. ISBN 0806509465. http://books.google.com/books?id=iTQXz-zQK5MC&pg=PA187&dq=%22Aba+Daba+Honeymoon%22&as_brr=3&sig=ACfU3U15NhKCNMPIi9UgsIRsUBfVDas7ag#PPA187,M1.
- ^ Solomon, Jon (2002). The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion. Comedy III Productions, Inc. ISBN 0971186804. http://www.amazon.com/dp/0971186804.
[edit] External links
- Have Rocket, Will Travel at the Internet Movie Database
- Have Rocket, Will Travel at AllRovi
- Have Rocket, Will Travel at threestooges.net
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