Film

Off Again, On Again

1945 · 16m · Comedy

IMDb

6.9

Good samaritan Shemp rescues a girl from an accident, and a newspaper photographer snaps a picture of her thanking Shemp. The paper mixes up the caption, implying that Shemp and the girl are lovers. This doesn't sit well with Shemp's fiancee, who breaks off their engagement, leaving him so heartbroken he asks the rescued girl's gangster boyfriend (Dick Curtis) to kill him. When Shemp's intended returns and apologizes, he realizes that his days are numbered unless he can find the gangster and call off the hit.

Shemp Howard

Woodcock Q. Strinker

Dick Curtis

Louie Derringer

Christine McIntyre

Edith

Grace Lenard

Maisie Frump

Bobby Burns

Customer (uncredited)

Heinie Conklin

Man Going Hunting (uncredited)

Lew Davis

Man on Street (uncredited)

Budd Fine

Policeman (uncredited)

Bud Jamison

Hotel Detective (uncredited)

• Jules WhiteDirector
• Searle KramerScreenplay
• Victor TravisScreenplay
• Charley ChaseStory

Release date

February 16, 1945

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

16m

Genres

Comedy