Hold That Lion! is a 1947 short subject directed by Jules White starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Shemp Howard). It is the 100th entry in the series released by Columbia Pictures starring the comedians, who released 190 shorts for the studio between 1934 and 1959. Plot The Stooges are the sole heirs to a grandiose inheritance, but the money is in the hands of an underhanded broker named Icabod Slipp (Kenneth MacDonald). One by one the Stooges confront Slipp in his office. He in turn accuses first Larry, then Moe, then Shemp, of being that crook, and successfully flees his office with the money. The Stooges follow Slipp on board a train. They start searching for Slipp, but a conductor comes after them for tickets. After tricking the conductor, they escape and hide out in a large crate in the baggage car. A lion is also in the crate, and the Stooges flee, hiding in a sleeping berth. The Stooges decide to catch Slipp in the morning before going to sleep. The lion walks into a room, where a pullman porter is busy shining a pair of shoes, not noticing the animal until it growls when he picks up its tail. The frightened porter tries to escape, but gets stuck, as the lion leaves the room. As the Stooges sleep, Moe inadvertently sticks his foot out through the curtain and the lion licks it. Moe (believing Shemp was tickling his foot) tells Shemp to sleep on him and Larry's side of the bed, inadvertently allowing the lion to climb up into the berth. After bickering with each other the Stooges notice the lion and escape, pulling down all the curtains to the berths and waking everyone up. As they make their getaway among the chaos, the Stooges finally spot Slipp and take off after him. They chase him to the baggage car and manage to defeat him, claiming their inheritance. Supporting Cast Kenneth MacDonald as Icabod Slipp Emil Sitka as Attorney Dudley Dickerson as Pullman Porter Heinie Conklin as Train Conductor (uncredited) Curly Howard as Sleeping Train Passenger (uncredited) Tanner as Lion (uncredited) Victor Travers as Bearded Man (uncredited) Blackie Whiteford as Train Passenger (uncredited) Dorothy Mueller as Train Passenger (uncredited) Production notes Hold That Lion! was filmed on January 28–31, 1947, the first film produced after the new year. The film