
A Hit with a Miss
1945 • Directed by
Jules White
Comedy
It's a laugh-loaded winner!
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.
Release Date
12/13/1945
Rating
5.0/10
Cast

Shemp Howard
Rameses - Prizefighter

Charley Rogers
Professor Periwinkle (as Charles Rogers)

Robert B. Williams
Jonesy
Marilyn Johnson
Rameses' Fiancee

Heinie Conklin
Referee (uncredited)
Lew Davis
Ring Announcer (uncredited)

Larry Fine
Professor Periwinkle (archive footage) (uncredited)

Arthur Housman
Fight Timekeeper (archive footage) (uncredited)