Main Cast: Vicki Trickett, Quinn K. Redeker, George Neise
Release Year: 1962
Country: US
Run Time: 80 minutes
Plot
Larry, Moe and Curly Joe work in a pharmacy where a young professor works on a time machine. When the machine is sabotaged by foil Ralph Dimsal (George N. Neise), the Three Stooges, the professor and beautiful Diane (Vicki Trickett) are transported back in time to ancient Greece. The group lands in the middle of a fierce battle between rival armies. Meeting up with the might Hercules, they soon discover their appearance in the battle helped turn the tide in favor of the wrong side. A series of mishaps and a stint as galley slaves plague their efforts to correct historical accuracy. They battle mythological monsters and the evil General Odius (Neise) to set the historical record straight. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
Samson Burke - Hercules; Mike McKeever - Aj ax; Marlin McKeever - Argo; Emil Sitka - Shepherd; John Cliff - Ulysses; Barbara Hines - Anita; Terry Huntington - Hecuba; Diane Piper - Helen; Gregg Martell - Simon; Gene Roth - Captain; Cecil Elliott - Matron; Rusty Wescoatt - Philo; Lewis Charles - Achilles; Curly Joe DeRita - Curly Joe; Larry Fine - Larry; Eddie Foster - Freddie; Moe Howard - Moe; Don Lamond - Narrator; Hal Smith - Theseus
Credit
Don Ament - Art Director, Edward Bernds - Director, Edwin H. Bryant - Editor, Paul Dunlap - Composer (Music Score), Norman Maurer - Producer, William F. Calvert - Set Designer, Elwood Ullman - Screenwriter
The Three Stooges Meet Hercules was the third feature film to star the Three Stooges after their 1959 resurgence in popularity. By this time, the trio consisted of Moe Howard, Larry Fine, and Curly Joe DeRita. Released by Columbia Pictures, The Three Stooges Meet Hercules was directed by long-time Stooge director Edward Bernds. Over the years, Moe would cite Bernds as the team's finest director.
This was the most financially successful of the Stooges' feature films and is still highly regarded amongst fans.
Plot
The Stooges work at Dimsal's Drug Store in Ithaca, New York, where they befriend Schuyler Davis (Quinn K. Redeker), the owner of the shop next door, who is attempting to build a time machine. With the boys "help", the machine transports the boys, Schuyler and wannabe girlfriend Diane Quigley (Vicki Trickett) back in time to Ithaca in ancient Greece during the reign of the lecherous King Odius (George N. Neise). The King has a yearning for Diane and banishes Schuyler and the boys to the galleys, where Schuyler builds impressive muscles while constantly rowing.
After escaping, they start billing Schuyler as Hercules at a local gladiatoral arena. The real Hercules (Samson Burke) gets wind of their game and confronts them, but the Stooges manage to convince Hercules to help them rescue Diane. The time travelers manage to set history straight by removing the King and dump him off during Indian dominated America where a band of warriors chase him off into the distance.
Primary Cast
The Stooges, as they appeared in The Three Stooges Meet Hercules.
