Rip, Sew and Stitch

Rip, Sew and Stitch
Directed by	Jules White
Produced by	Jules White
Written by	Felix Adler
Starring	Moe Howard Larry Fine Shemp Howard Vernon Dent Cy Schindell Harold Brauer
Cinematography	Ray Cory
Editing by	Edwin Bryant
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date(s)	September 3, 1953 (1953-09-03)
Running time	16' 32"
Country	United States
Language	English

Rip, Sew and Stitch is the 150th short subject starring American slapstick comedy team the Three Stooges. The trio made a total of 190 shorts for Columbia Pictures between 1934 and 1959.

Plot

The Stooges run a tailor shop that is about to be repossessed by the Skin and Flint Finance Corporation. When the boys hear about a big reward for fugitive bank robber Terry "Slippery Fingers" Hargan (Harold Brauer), they think that catching him might end their financial woes. Hargan conveniently ducks into their shop and leaves a suit jacket with a safe combination in its pocket. After quietly sneaking back into the shop while the Stooges are elsewhere searching for clues, Hargan snatches a handful of suit jackets in hopes of retrieving the combination. He then later returns with his henchmen, and a wild mêlée follows. The Stooges end up getting the reward to pay off their debts and, with a stroke of luck, wind up with the crook's bankroll as well.

Larry notices that there is something a little too human about one of the "dummies" (Harold Brauer) in Rip, Sew and Stitch.

Notes

• Rip, Sew and Stitch is a remake of 1947's Sing a Song of Six Pants, using ample stock footage.
• A double is used for Harold Brauer in the new footage, and he obstructs his face via his large overcoat.

External links

• Rip, Sew and Stitch at the Internet Movie Database