strike,slapstick comedy,construction site

The Sitter Downers (1937)

Poster for The Sitter Downers

You'll sit up and roar for more of these eggs!

The stooges are suitors who go on a sit down strike when their prospective father-in-law refuses to consent the marriages. The strike wins them fame and they receive numerous gifts including a lot and a prefabricated house. They win the strike and get married, but the wives decree no honeymoon until the house is built. The boys have some problems with the construction, especially since Curly burned up the plans. The eventually finish the house, a monstrosity that collapses when one post is accidentally moved.

Cast & Crew

Director
Del Lord
  • Profile picture of Curly Howard
    Curly Curly Howard
  • Profile picture of Larry Fine
    Larry Larry Fine
  • Profile picture of Moe Howard
    Moe Moe Howard
  • Profile picture of June Gittelson
    Flora Bell (uncredited) June Gittelson
  • Profile picture of Robert McKenzie
    Justice of the Peace (uncredited) Robert McKenzie
  • Profile picture of James C. Morton
    Mr. Bell (uncredited) James C. Morton
  • Profile picture of Charles Dorety
    Man on Street (uncredited) Charles Dorety
  • Profile picture of Betty Mack
    Cora Bell (uncredited) Betty Mack

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Keywords

  • strike
  • slapstick comedy
  • construction site