Summaries

Three goofy druggists travel back to Ancient Greece on a milquetoast inventor's time machine.

Three druggists travel with a Milquetoast inventor, Schuyler, and his girlfriend, Diane, to ancient Greece on a newly invented time machine. There, the evil tyrant, Odius, takes a shine to the woman and has the guys enslaved as galley rowers using the excuse of the three druggists helping a rebel leader, Ulysses, escape. The rigors of the rowing pump Schuyler up into a muscleman with strength comparable to Hercules himself, who is in the employ of Odius. The threesome get the idea of raising money by promoting Schuyler as Hercules for a series of physical contests. Using a combination of his great strength and, a judicious use of a large supply of potent tranquilizers Curly-Joe brought with him, Schuyler is a success. However, this leads to trouble when the real McCoy learns about the imposter.—Kenneth Chisholm <[email protected]>

The Three Stooges manage to crash through the time barrier with their slap-happy antics in this classic feature-length comedy. Larry, Moe, and Curly-Joe are friends of a young scientist, Schuyler Davis, who has created a time machine. Together with Schuyler's girlfriend, Diane, they are all transported back to ancient Ithaca which is ruled by the tyrannical King Odius. The lecherous king promptly takes a liking to Diane and banishes Schuyler and The Stooges to the galleys. When they manage to escape, they begin promoting Schuyler as "Hercules" at local gladiatorial combats - until the real Hercules shows up. But, with their unique "charm," The Stooges convince Hercules to help them rescue Diane.—Robert Lynch <[email protected]>

Details

Keywords
  • psychotronic film
  • greece
  • begins with narration
  • reference to joan of arc
  • reference to leif ericson
Genres
  • Comedy
  • Fantasy
  • Family
Release date Feb 14, 1962
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Approved
Countries of origin United States
Language English
Filming locations Iverson Ranch - 1 Iverson Lane, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production companies Normandy Productions

Box office

Budget $450000

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 29m
Color Black and White
Aspect ratio 1.85 : 1

Synopsis

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