Three Loan Wolves (1946): Cast & Plot
Three Loan Wolves is a 1946 short comedy directed by Jules White, starring Larry Fine as Larry, Jackie Jackson and Moe Howard. It runs 17 minutes.
- Released
- Runtime
- 17 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 Three Loan Wolves About?
The premise of Three Loan Wolves without spoilers. The whole story is in the plot summary further down.
The Stooges recall to their adopted son how a woman left a baby at Larry’s pawn shop as part of a fake‑diamond scheme. Owing money to the Gashouse Protection Society loan sharks, they get tangled in the plot, defeat the crooks, and the boy then seeks his real mother. Harold Brauer debuts as a supporting Stooge.
Three Loan Wolves Themes & Keywords
· 31 tags- pulling hair out
- knocked unconscious
- red hot coal
- printing press
- seltzer bottle
- rolltop desk
- rubber glove
- sprayed with water
- crying baby
- turpentine
- tear on cheek
- onion
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- sousaphone
- winking
- baby carriage
- bowling ball
- hit by a falling object
- punched in the face
- wiggling ears
- acoustic guitar
- smashing guitar
- seltzer
- protection racket
- pawnshop
- kerosene
- fight
- beer bottle
- abandoned baby
- slapstick comedy
- flashback
- the three stooges
Three Loan Wolves Cast & Characters
Larry Fine leads the cast as Larry, with Jackie Jackson as Eggbert - tough little boy (uncredited) and Moe Howard as Moe. Directed by Jules White; 8 actors are credited in all.
- Director Jules White
- Larry Fine as Larry
- Jackie Jackson as Eggbert - tough little boy (uncredited)
- Moe Howard as Moe
- Curly Howard as Curly
Also Starring in Three Loan Wolves
· 4 more- Wally Rose First Henchman (uncredited)
- Joe Palma Second Henchman (uncredited)
- Tiny Brauer Butch McGee
- Beverly Warren Molly the Glamour Girl
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.
Three Loan Wolves Plot Summary
What happens in Three Loan Wolves from start to finish, spoilers included, with a timeline of 12 key events. The opening is below; the full summary is a 1-minute read.
Spoilers ahead
Eggbert, Jackie Jackson becomes the unlikely catalyst in a story told by the Stooges to their son about how they became inadvertent fathers. The Stooges—Moe, Moe Howard; Larry, Larry Fine; and Curly, Curly Howard—own a pawn shop that sinks deeper under crushing debts to the Gashouse Protection Society, a ruthless loan-sharking syndicate. Their troubles take a sharper turn when a woman, in league with these crooks, leaves an infant with them as part of a scheme to peddle a counterfeit diamond.
Full summary
The whole story of Three Loan Wolves, scene by scene
How Well Do You Know Three Loan Wolves?
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 kind of business do Moe, Larry, and Curly run?
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Three Loan Wolves FAQ: Cast, Runtime & Release Date
Runtime, release date, director, cast and post-credit scenes of Three Loan Wolves, each answered in a sentence.
How long is Three Loan Wolves?
Three Loan Wolves runs 17 minutes.
When was Three Loan Wolves released?
Three Loan Wolves was released on July 4, 1946.
Who directed Three Loan Wolves?
Three Loan Wolves was directed by Jules White.
More films by Jules White Who is in the cast of Three Loan Wolves?
Three Loan Wolves stars Larry Fine as Larry, Jackie Jackson as Eggbert - tough little boy (uncredited) and Moe Howard as Moe, among 8 credited actors.
Does Three Loan Wolves have a post-credit scene?
No. Three Loan Wolves has no extra scene during or after the credits.
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