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Healthy, Wealthy and Dumb
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Healthy, Wealthy and Dumb

1938-05-20 · 16 min · ★ 6.8

Comedy

Curly wins $50,000 in a radio contest and the stooges move into the Hotel Costa Plente. Their suite is furnished with many expensive items which they systematically wreck, running up quite a bill. When they discover that, minus tax deductions, the jackpot is only $4.85 they quickly agree to marry three pretty rich widows who are also living in the hotel. The "widows" are actually gold diggers conniving to the get the jackpot money. When the girls find out what the jackpot is really worth, the boys get conked with champagne bottles.

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Directors
Del Lord
Production companies
Columbia Pictures
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

Top Cast

Curly HowardCurly HowardCurly
Larry FineLarry FineLarry
Moe HowardMoe HowardMoe
Bobby BurnsBobby BurnsRoom Service Waiter (uncredited)
Bud JamisonBud JamisonHouse Detective (uncredited)
Jean CarmenJean CarmenMarge - Gold-digging Widow

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