Production Information
Title: The Hot Scots
Studio: Columbia
Short Number: 108
Release Date: July 8, 1948
Running Time: 17:16
“He’s from southern Scotland… below the MacMason-MacDixon Line.”
Short Take
The Stooges try to get jobs with Scotland Yard after graduating from a correspondence detective school. However, they end up as “Yard Men” picking up trash and pruning the hedges. They inadvertently get their chance to crack a case.
Dressed in kilts and talking in phony Scottish accents, The Stooges (as McMoe, McLarry, and McShemp) are given the task of guarding the prized possessions of The Earl of Glenheather Castle (Herbert Evans). Meanwhile, the castle staff are ransacking the castle while The Boys sleep. Eventually, through their usual antics, they arrest the crooks.
The Hot Scots Cast & Crew
| Directed by | Edward Bernds |
|---|---|
| Produced by | Hugh McCollum |
| Written by | Elwood Ullman |
| Starring | Moe Howard Larry Fine Shemp Howard Christine McIntyre Herbert Evans Charles Knight Ted Lorch Clive Morgan James Logan |
| Cinematography | Allen G. Siegler |
| Edited by | Henry DeMond |
The Hot Scots Trivia
- The Hot Scots was one of five Stooge shorts included in a 1995 airing of the TBS Halloween special The Three Stooges Fright Night
- Christine McIntyre’s character name (Lorna Doone) is a reference to the Nabisco shortbread cookies of the same name when she offers cookies to Moe
Production Notes
It was remade in 1954 as Scotched in Scotland, using ample stock footage