If a Body Meets a Body 1945

Moe Moe Howard, Larry Larry Fine, and Curly Curly Howard Stooges are currently unemployed and busy sifting through job listings. While they cook a meal, Curly accidentally drops a horseshoe into the soup, mistaking it for a bone, which prompts a chorus of laughter and groans from the others. Their mood darkens when a newspaper announces Curly’s inheritance from his late uncle, Uncle Bob O. Link Al Thompson (uncredited).

At the reading of the will, the lawyer overseeing the proceedings, John Tyrrell (uncredited), vanishes along with the document itself, only to be later discovered murdered. The Stooges, along with several other potential heirs, are confined to the mansion overnight as investigators begin to untangle the clues.

During the night, eerie events unsettle the trio: a parrot nesting inside a human skull, ominous sounds echoing through the halls, and the grim discovery of Link’s corpse. In a moment of panic, the Stooges expose the killer, who is disguised as the maid, and the culprit is unmasked when their wig slips, revealing the concealed will.

Looking over the will, Curly learns that the distribution is unusually lopsided: he receives a mere 67 cents, while his niece earns a substantial bequest, a finding that leaves the trio feeling both surprised and a little resentful about the odd arrangement.