Three inept firemen try to avoid being fired by their increasingly exasperated chief.Three inept firemen try to avoid being fired by their increasingly exasperated chief.Three inept firemen try to avoid being fired by their increasingly exasperated chief.
- Director
- Writer
- Stars
Moe Howard
- Moe
- (as Moe)
Larry Fine
- Larry
- (as Larry)
Curly Howard
- Curly
- (as Curly)
Beatrice Blinn
- Mimi
- (uncredited)
Stanley Blystone
- Fire Captain Ashe
- (uncredited)
Beatrice Curtis
- Maisie
- (uncredited)
Charles Dorety
- Mechanic
- (uncredited)
June Gittelson
- Minnie
- (uncredited)
George Gray
- Pedestrian
- (uncredited)
Sol Horwitz
- Pedestrian
- (uncredited)
Eddie Laughton
- Helpful Pedestrian
- (uncredited)
Charles Phillips
- Pedestrian
- (uncredited)
Elaine Waters
- Pedestrian
- (uncredited)
Bert Young
- Car Delivery Man
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaWhen the trio are out on the street in front of the firehouse, there is a policeman standing in the background directing cars to continue on without making a right turn into the scene being shot. There is also a Safeway grocery store on that background street, and later on a Max Factor Make-up Salon (opened in 1935) and Bekins Van Lines truck, the last two possibly product placements or merely coincidence.
- GoofsWhen Moe is helping Minnie out of the car trunk, she accidentally kicks the actress behind her in the jaw.
- Quotes
Fire Chief: If this were the army I'd have you shot at sunrise!
Curly: But you couldn't do that, cap, we don't get up that early!
- ConnectionsReferenced in Rental Reviews: The Three Stooges: A Retrospective (2019)
Featured review
Very Funny
False Alarms (1936)
*** (out of 4)
The Three Stooges are about to be fired at their fire fighting jobs but the Captain gives them one more shot, which they take advantage of by destroying his new car. This is certainly a step up from the previous couple shorts as this one here returns to the fast paced roots of the earlier movies. The stuff with the fat girl was very funny and the boys antics are a lot funnier here including a great sequence where the wreck the car.
Now available on Columbia's 2-disc set, which features over 20 shorts, all digitally remastered and looking better than ever.
*** (out of 4)
The Three Stooges are about to be fired at their fire fighting jobs but the Captain gives them one more shot, which they take advantage of by destroying his new car. This is certainly a step up from the previous couple shorts as this one here returns to the fast paced roots of the earlier movies. The stuff with the fat girl was very funny and the boys antics are a lot funnier here including a great sequence where the wreck the car.
Now available on Columbia's 2-disc set, which features over 20 shorts, all digitally remastered and looking better than ever.
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- Michael_Elliott
- Feb 25, 2008
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- Runtime18 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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