Don't Throw That Knife
A census visit leads to a jealous knife-throwing magician.
The Three Stooges—Moe Howard, Larry Fine, and Shemp Howard—star in Don't Throw That Knife, a 1951 short subject directed by Jules White. This Columbia Pictures release is the 131st of the team's 190 shorts produced from 1934 to 1959.
Quick Facts
- Director
- Jules White
- Writer
- Felix Adler
- Starring
- Moe Howard
- Larry Fine
- Shemp Howard
- Dick Curtis
- Jean Willes
- Cinematography
- Fayte M. Browne
- Editing
- Edwin H. Bryant
- Distributor
- Columbia Pictures
- Released
- 3 May 1951, U.S.
- Country
- United States
Facts from the source article.
Plot
The Stooges, while taking a census in an apartment building, meet Mrs. Lucy Wyckoff, part of a magic duo with her husband. They learn Mr. Wyckoff is dangerously jealous and throws knives at any man he sees as a rival. When he arrives home, the trio fails to avoid him, so they flee and report his violent behavior to the police.
Production notes
Filming took place over three days in June 1950, and the title officially appears with quotation marks. According to Michael Fleming, this short was the first notably weak Three Stooges film directed by Jules White. White had been sharing directing duties with Edward Bernds, whose work showed a polish that White’s was beginning to lose.
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