Off Again, On Again

Story

Synopsis

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.

Director

Jules White

Writers

Victor Travis, Searle Kramer, Charley Chase

Language

English

Country

United States of America

Release date

16 February 1945

Ensemble

Cast

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  Shemp Howard

  Woodcock Q. Strinker

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  Dick Curtis

  Louie Derringer

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  Christine McIntyre

  Edith

• Grace Lenard

  Maisie Frump

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  Bobby Burns

  Customer (uncredited)

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  Heinie Conklin

  Man Going Hunting (uncredited)

• Lew Davis

  Man on Street (uncredited)

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  Budd Fine

  Policeman (uncredited)

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  Bud Jamison

  Hotel Detective (uncredited)