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A Hit with a Miss
"It's a laugh-loaded winner!"
5.0(1 votes)
1945
0h 16m
Comedy
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.
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Production
Companies:
Columbia Pictures
Languages
Original:en
Spoken:
English
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)