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A Hit with a Miss

A Hit with a Miss1945

★6.716 minComedy

Shemp Howard is a prizefighter in this Columbia All-Star Comedy who has a complex that leaves him a coward and unable to fight unless he hears "Pop Goes the Weasel." He hears it enough here, from various and outlandish sources, to eventually win his championship match.

Director

Writer

Larry Fine Curly Howard Moe Howard Jack White

Stars

Shemp Howard Charley Rogers Robert B. Williams

Cast18

Shemp Howard
as Rameses - Prizefighter
Charley Rogers
as Professor Periwinkle (as Charles Rogers)
Robert B. Williams
as Jonesy
M
Marilyn Johnson
as Rameses' Fiancee
Heinie Conklin
as Referee (uncredited)
L
Lew Davis
as Ring Announcer (uncredited)
Larry Fine
as Professor Periwinkle (archive footage) (uncredited)
Arthur Housman
as Fight Timekeeper (archive footage) (uncredited)
Johnny Kascier
as Kilduff's Trainer in Ring (uncredited)
Sam Lufkin
as Spectator (uncredited)
Frank Mills
as Spectator (uncredited)
J
Joe Palma
as Killer Kilduff (uncredited)
W
Wally Rose
as Scarred Fighter (uncredited)
Victor Travis
as Spectator with Toupee (uncredited)
John Tyrrell
as Spud McGurn (uncredited)
H
Harry Watson
as Kid in Fight Crowd (archive footage) (uncredited)
Blackie Whiteford
as Fighter (uncredited)
Al Thompson
as Ringside Spectator with Cigar (uncredited)

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