''Whoops, I'm an Indian!'' is a 1936

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directed by

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starring American

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comedy team

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(

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Larry Fine Louis Feinberg (October 5, 1902 – January 24, 1975), known professionally as Larry Fine, was an American actor, comedian, and musician. He is best known as a member of the comedy act the Three Stooges. Early life Fine was born to a Russian Je ...

and

Curly Howard Jerome Lester Horwitz (; October 22, 1903 – January 18, 1952), known professionally as Curly Howard, was an American actor and comedian. He was best known as a member of the American comedy team the Three Stooges, which also featured his elder ...

). It is the 18th entry in the series released by

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starring the comedians, who released 190 shorts for the studio between 1934 and 1959.

Plot

The Stooges are crooked gamblers in the Old Western town of Lobo City. Eventually, they are caught cheating the residents of a frontier town, including an evil, tough, muscular woodcutter named Pierre (

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) when Larry hid a horseshoe magnet inside his shoe. They are discovered and must escape into the wilderness. Now as fugitives, the Stooges have to elude the sheriff; they hunt, fish, and disguise themselves as Indians. Things start to go wrong when Pierre takes a liking to Curly, who is disguised as an Indian woman. The two soon get married, then eventually Curly's wig accidentally slips off and the trio has to make another run for it. They soon find what they believe to be a safe place to hide, only to discover that they have accidentally locked themselves in the Lobo City Jail.

Production notes

''Whoops, I'm an Indian!'' was filmed on June 2–6, 1936. The high-speed canoe footage was reused for the closing of 1937's '' Back to the Woods''.

References

External links

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''Whoops, I'm an Indian!'' at threestooges.net
{{DEFAULTSORT:Whoops, I'm An Indian! 1936 films The Three Stooges films American black-and-white films Films directed by Del Lord Columbia Pictures short films 1930s Western (genre) comedy films American Western (genre) comedy films Films about Native Americans American slapstick comedy films 1936 comedy films 1930s English-language films 1930s American films American crime comedy films American crime films