You Nazty Spy! (1940)
18m
Running Time
January 19, 1940Release Date
You Nazty Spy! (1940)
18m
Running Time
January 19, 1940Release Date
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Plot.
In this satire of the Nazis the Stooges are wallpaper hangers in the country of Moronica. When evil cabinet ministers overthrow the King, they decide to make Moe the new ruler as he'll be stupid enough to follow their orders. Moe becomes Dictator, Curly is a Field Marshal and Larry becomes Minister of Propaganda. After successfully preventing a female spy from committing mayhem, the boys are run out of office by a mob and eaten by lions.
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Cast & Crew.
Moe Howard
Moe Hailstone
Larry Fine
Larry Pebble
Curly Howard
Curly Gallstone
Dick Curtis
Mr. Ohnay (uncredited)
Don Beddoe
Mr. Amscray
Jules White
Director
Richard Fiske
Mr. Ixnay (uncredited)
Lorna Gray
Mattie Herring (uncredited)
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You Nazty Spy! is a 1940 comedy film directed by Jules White and starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine, and Curly Howard). It is the 44th short film released by Columbia Pictures starring the comedians, who released 190 short films for the studio between 1934 and 1959.
The film is popularly credited as the first Hollywood anti-Nazi comedy film, coming out months before Charles Chaplin's The Great Dictator, although filming began after The Great Dictator.