Directed by Jack White (under his usual pseudonym of Preston Black), this two-reel courtroom caper is, by many, regarded as the best of the Three Stooges early comedies. Moe, Larry, and Curly are witnesses in a murder trial involving a dancer (Suzanne Kaaren) from The Black Bottom Cafe, the club where they work. Curly is called on the stand to explain Who killed Kirk Robin? and the rest is pandemonium. Court clerk James C. Mortons toupee is mistaken for a tarantula, a supposedly unloaded revolver kills Moes boutonniere, the entire courtroom becomes the victim of an errand fire hose, and the real killer is proven to be the hoofer Buck Wing, who in the meantime has shuffled off to Buffalo. Moe and Curlys real-life parents are briefly spotted among the courtroom spectators. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, All Movie Guide
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