Review of Have Rocket, Will Travel (1959) by Jeff Z — 14 May 2011
It had been a LONG time since I saw this film and to tell the truth I thought I remembered more than I did. This was the first Stooges feature after their break with Columbia and first film appearance of Curly Jo as the third stooge.
They play janitors who accidently get sent to Venus where they meet a talking unicorn and a robot who has conquored the planet and converted most of the inhabitants to energy. So now the robot is lonely and creates copies of the Stooges to keep him company.
By no means a great film, weak stooges are better than no stooges and I'm sure is far better than the "new" 3 Stooges movie will be. Enjoyed the Stooges singing (a rarity) and the robot giving them the old triple slap.
"Maverick" star Robert Colbert plays a scientist in this with dialogue funnier than a lot of the comedy moments in this film. Guess that's what happens when you don't hire a comedy writer to write a comedy.
The writer of this film mostly wrote westerns and "Dr. Kildare" episodes--the perfect writer for the Stooges, right? At least Curly Joe fits in seamlessly and this put the stooges back to work for one last hurrah.
This review of Have Rocket, Will Travel (1959) was written by Jeff Z on 14 May 2011.
Have Rocket, Will Travel has generally received mixed reviews.
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