"Their comedy made us laugh out loud, but their lives were pure drama."

2000

1h 28m

6.2(22 votes)

Comedy

Drama

TV Movie

Overview

A biography of the Three Stooges, in which their careers and rise to fame is shown throughout the eyes of their leader, Moe.

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Production Companies

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Paul Ben-Victor

Moe Howard

Evan Handler

Larry Fine

John Kassir

Shemp Howard

Michael Chiklis

Curly Howard

Rachael Blake

Helen Howard

Anna Lise Phillips

Mabel Fine

Jeanette Cronin

Gertrude Howard

Joel Edgerton

Tom Cosgrove

Marton Csokas

Ted Healy

Linal Haft

Harry Cohn

Creative team

Directed by: James Frawley
Written by: Michael Fleming
Janet Roach
Produced by: Jim Lemley
Mel Gibson

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