If a Body Meets a Body (1945): Cast & Plot
If a Body Meets a Body is a 1945 short comedy directed by Jules White, starring Curly Howard as Curly, Moe Howard and Larry Fine. It runs 18 minutes.
- Released
- Runtime
- 18 min
- Director
- Jules White
- Genre
- Comedy
- Original language
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English - Studio
- Columbia Pictures
- After the credits
- No No extra scene
What Is If a Body Meets a Body About?
The premise of If a Body Meets a Body without spoilers. The whole story is in the plot summary further down.
Curly learns that he is named in the will of his rich uncle, so the boys head for the uncle’s mansion to attend the reading of the will.
If a Body Meets a Body Themes & Keywords
· 23 tags- slapstick comedy
- last will and testament
- splashed with water
- chair broken over someone's head
- dead body
- hit by a falling object
- human skeleton
- human skull
- candle
- creaking door
- bird in a cage
- parrot
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- stabbed in the chest
- umbrella
- rain
- reference to lucrezia borgia
- horseshoe
- soup
- want ads
- reference to dracula
- murder
- remake
- the three stooges
If a Body Meets a Body Cast & Characters
Curly Howard leads the cast as Curly, with Moe Howard as Moe and Larry Fine as Larry. Directed by Jules White; 11 actors are credited in all.
- Director Jules White
- Curly Howard as Curly
- Moe Howard as Moe
- Larry Fine as Larry
- Al Thompson as Uncle Bob O. Link (uncredited)
Also Starring in If a Body Meets a Body
· 7 more- John Tyrrell Lawyer (uncredited)
- Fred Kelsey Detective
- Dorothy Vernon Family Member (uncredited)
- Theodore Lorch Jerkington
- Joe Palma Housekeeper (uncredited)
- Victor Travis Family Member (uncredited)
- Judy Malcolm Family Member (uncredited)
More from Jules White
More films directed by Jules White: Sappy Bull Fighters, Triple Crossed, Oil’s Well That Ends Well and Flying Saucer Daffy.
If a Body Meets a Body Plot Summary
What happens in If a Body Meets a Body from start to finish, spoilers included, with a timeline of 11 key events. The opening is below; the full summary is a 1-minute read.
Spoilers ahead
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.
Full summary
The whole story of If a Body Meets a Body, scene by scene
How Well Do You Know If a Body Meets a Body?
10 questions about the story, each with a hint if you get stuck. Pick an answer to see whether you were right.
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What does Curly accidentally drop into the soup while the Stooges are cooking a meal?
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If a Body Meets a Body FAQ: Cast, Runtime & Release Date
Runtime, release date, director, cast and post-credit scenes of If a Body Meets a Body, each answered in a sentence.
How long is If a Body Meets a Body?
If a Body Meets a Body runs 18 minutes.
When was If a Body Meets a Body released?
If a Body Meets a Body was released on August 30, 1945.
Who directed If a Body Meets a Body?
If a Body Meets a Body was directed by Jules White.
More films by Jules White Who is in the cast of If a Body Meets a Body?
If a Body Meets a Body stars Curly Howard as Curly, Moe Howard as Moe and Larry Fine as Larry, among 11 credited actors.
Does If a Body Meets a Body have a post-credit scene?
No. If a Body Meets a Body has no extra scene during or after the credits.
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