Saved by the Belle

Saved by the Belle
  • Release date: 30 Jun 1939
  • Release year: 1939
  • Runtime: 18 minutes
  • Country: United States
  • Keywords: horseback riding, slapstick comedy, the three stooges series, firing squad, telegram, fur coat, earthquake, tandem bicycle, cheesecake poster, lighting a cigar
Plot:
The stooges are traveling salesmen stranded in Valeska, a tropical country prone to earthquakes. Having no luck selling fur coats to the natives they are arrested when they receive a telegram instructing them to "get rid of present wardrobe" and an official thinks they are planning to assassinate president Ward Robey. With the help of Rita, a beautiful revolutionary, the boys escape a firing squad, and are sent on a mission to deliver important plans to the revolutionary leader. When they deliver a rolled up calendar by mistake, they are once again heading for a firing squad but are spared when Rita arrives with the real plans.
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