A Hit with a Miss

  • Comedy
12/13/1945
16
NR

It's a laugh-loaded winner!

Shemp Howard is a prizefighter in this Columbia All-Star Comedy who has a complex that leaves him a coward and unable to fight unless he hears "Pop Goes the Weasel." He hears it enough here, from various and outlandish sources, to eventually win his championship match.

Director:
Jules White
Writer:
Jack White

      Cast

      • Shemp Howard
        Rameses - Prizefighter
      • Charley Rogers
        Professor Periwinkle (as Charles Rogers)
      • Robert B. Williams
        Jonesy
      • Marilyn Johnson
        Rameses' Fiancee
      • Heinie Conklin
        Referee (uncredited)
      • Lew Davis
        Ring Announcer (uncredited)
      • Larry Fine
        Professor Periwinkle (archive footage) (uncredited)
      • Arthur Housman
        Fight Timekeeper (archive footage) (uncredited)
      • Johnny Kascier
        Kilduff's Trainer in Ring (uncredited)
      • Sam Lufkin
        Spectator (uncredited)
      • Frank Mills
        Spectator (uncredited)
      • Joe Palma
        Killer Kilduff (uncredited)
      • Wally Rose
        Scarred Fighter (uncredited)
      • Victor Travis
        Spectator with Toupee (uncredited)
      • John Tyrrell
        Spud McGurn (uncredited)
      • Harry Watson
        Kid in Fight Crowd (archive footage) (uncredited)
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