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FLING IN THE RING (1955)

Film Pick of the Day
Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Boxer Chopper Kane's trainers Moe, Larry & Shemp receive instructions from their boss, Big Mike, to arrange for Chopper to lose the big championship fight... he's placed all his money on opponent Gorilla Watson. When Watson moves in on Kane's goil Kitty, Chopper vows to moider da bum, and the Stooges are left to face Big Mike's wrath.

A remake, with stock footage, of FRIGHT NIGHT (1947). Frank Sully plays 'Big Mike' in this remake, but in the original version, the role was played by Bill Brauer. With a stategic use of stock footage, Brauer's scenes in FLING portray him as one of Sully's henchmen.

Details

Average Rating:

[ 5.64/10 ]   28 votes
Featuring Moe, Larry and Shemp
Release Date Thursday, January 6, 1955
Studio Columbia
Production Type Short Subject
Duration 16.3 min.

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Births

Scott Seaton
(Actor)

b. 1871

Sacramento, CA

Leigh De Lacey
(Actor)

b. 1879

Kansas

Frank Burt
(Actor)

b. 1882

New York, NY

Charles Bennett
(Actor)

b. 1889

Dunedin, New Zealand

Shemp Howard
(Actor)

b. 1895

New York, NY

Fred Harper
(Actor)

b. 1898

London, England

David Gould
(Choreographer)

b. 1899

Budapest, Hungary

Victor Romito
(Actor)

b. 1908

Italy

Edward Trevor
(Actor)

b. 1910

New York, NY

Jerry Seelen
(Music and Lyrics)

b. 1912

New York, NY

Earl Bellamy
(Assistant Director)

b. 1917

Minneapolis, MN

Tom Seidel
(Actor)

b. 1917

Indianapolis, IN

John Maxwell
(Actor)

b. 1918

Spokane, WA

Albert Salmi
(Actor)

b. 1928

Brooklyn, NY

Glenn E. Anderson
(Boom)

b. 1928

Burbank, CA

Valerie French
(Actress)

b. 1928

London, England

Nancy Kovack
(Actress)

b. 1935

Flint, MI



Deaths

Victor Baravalle
(Orchestra Conductor)

d. 1939   (53)

Brentwood, CA

Irvin S. Cobb
(Actor)

d. 1944   (67)

New York, NY

Olaf Hytten
(Actor)

d. 1955   (67)

Los Angeles, CA

Dick Rush
(Actor)

d. 1956   (73)

Los Angeles, CA

James Sweeney
(Film Editor)

d. 1957   (56)

Los Angeles, CA

Richard Kipling
(Actor)

d. 1965   (85)

Los Angeles, CA

Joseph Forte
(Actor)

d. 1967   (73)

Los Angeles, CA

Tudor Williams
(Actor)

d. 1971   (74)

Los Angeles, CA

Judd Holdren
(Actor)

d. 1974   (58)

West Los Angeles, CA

William Challee
(Actor)

d. 1989   (84)

Woodland Hills, CA

Charles Martin
(Actor)

d. 1998   (85)

Sarasota, FL

Richard Collier
(Actor)

d. 2000   (80)

Calabasas, CA

Paul Dunlap
(Music)

d. 2010   (90)

Palm Springs, CA

Ruth Terry
(Actress)

d. 2016   (95)

Rancho Mirage, CA



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