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Fuelin' Around is a 1949 short subject directed by Edward Bernds starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Shemp Howard). It is the 116th entry in the series released by Columbia Pictures starring the comedians, who released 190 shorts for the studio between 1934 and 1959.

Fuelin' Around
Directed by	Edward Bernds
Written by	Elwood Ullman
Produced by	Hugh McCollum
Starring	Moe Howard Larry Fine Shemp Howard Emil Sitka Christine McIntyre Vernon Dent Philip Van Zandt Jacques O'Mahoney Andre Pola Harold Brauer
Cinematography	Vincent J. Farrar
Edited by	Henry Batista
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	July 7, 1949 (1949-07-07) (U.S.)
Running time	16:53
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

The Stooges are carpet layers working at the home of their friend, Professor Sneed (Emil Sitka) and his daughter, Hazel Sneed (Christine McIntyre). Sneed is developing a rocket fuel in secret for the government. Anemian spy Captain Rork (Philip Van Zandt) from a fictional European country of Anemia watches the professor through his front window, with hopes of kidnapping him. The Anemians accidentally capture the Stooges instead, mistaking Larry for the professor. Trouble brews when the Stooges are required to quickly create some of the fuel, and then write down the formula. It does not take long for the Anemians to capture the real Professor Sneed, along with his daughter, and throw them in jail until the formula is disclosed. Thanks to a shy prison guard (Jacques O'Mahoney) who cannot help but flirt with Sneed's daughter, the group make a quick exit by successfully getting out of the fortress immediately by using the fuel into the fuel tank and blasted out of the fortress, out of Anemia and back to America.

Production notes

Fuelin' Around was filmed on April 6–9, 1948.[1] It was remade in 1956 as Hot Stuff using available stock footage. The film title is a pun on the expression "fooling around."[2]

References

External links

• Fuelin' Around at IMDb
• Fuelin' Around at AllMovie

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