'Fraidy Cat

August 2026 April 2025 'Fraidy Cat JB FraidyCat tc.jpg Jules White Felix Adler Joe BesserHawthorneTom KennedyJoe PalmaEddie BakerSteve CalvertRay Corrigan Henry Freulich Edwin Bryant Jules White Columbia Pictures 1951 12 13 U.S. 16 09 United States English Fraidy Cat is a 1951 short subject directed by Jules White starring American comedian Joe Besser and radio disc jockey Jim Hawthorne (billed as "Hawthorne"). It is the third entry in the Joe Besser series released by Columbia Pictures starring the comedian, who appeared in ten comedies at the studio between 1949 and 1956. Plot Wide Awake Detective Agency investigators Joe and Hawthorne have been unable to solve the antique robberies perpetrated by The Ape Man Gang. Their superior, I. Katchum (Tom Kennedy) gives them one final opportunity to solve the case. Guarding an antique shop late at night, the duo eventually confront the gang of crooks who have trained a real gorilla to carry out the thefts. Production notes Fraidy Cat was filmed on July 23–26, 1951.Fraidy Cat at threestooges.net It is a scene-for-scene remake of the 1943 Three Stooges film Dizzy Detectives using occasional stock footage. Solomon Jon Jon Solomon The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion Comedy III Productions, Inc 2000 0-9711868-0-4 Fraidy Cat was itself remade in 1955 as Hook a Crook, using stock footage as well. Jules White directed all three films. References External links tt0176731 Fraidy Cat at threestooges.net Category:1951 films Category:American black-and-white films Category:Films directed by Jules White Category:1951 comedy films Category:Columbia Pictures short films Category:American comedy short films Category:1951 English-language films Category:1951 American films Category:English-language comedy films