Fuelin' Around is a 1949 short subject directed by Edward Bernds starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Shemp Howard). It is the 116th 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 carpet layers working at the home of their friend, Professor Sneed (Emil Sitka) and his daughter, Hazel Sneed (Christine McIntyre). Sneed is developing a rocket fuel in secret for the government. Anemian spy Captain Rork (Philip Van Zandt) from a fictional European country of Anemia watches the professor through his front window, with hopes of kidnapping him. The Anemians accidentally capture the Stooges instead, mistaking Larry for the professor. Trouble brews when the Stooges are required to quickly create some of the fuel, and then write down the formula. It does not take long for the Anemians to capture the real Professor Sneed, along with his daughter, and throw them in jail until the formula is disclosed. Thanks to a shy prison guard (Jacques O'Mahoney) who cannot help but flirt with Sneed's daughter, the group make a quick exit by successfully getting out of the fortress immediately by using the fuel into the fuel tank and blasted out of the fortress, out of Anemia and back to America. Cast Moe Howard as Moe Larry Fine as Larry Shemp Howard as Shemp Emil Sitka as Professor Snead Christine McIntyre as Hazel Snead Phil Van Zandt as Capt. Rork Vernon Dent as Anemian General Andre Pola as Anemian Colonel Jock Mahoney as Cell Guard Harold Brauer as Leon (uncredited) Blackie Whiteford as Anemian soldier (uncredited) Jimmy Aubrey as Anemian soldier (uncredited) Production notes Fuelin' Around was filmed on April 6–9, 1948. It was remade in 1956 as Hot Stuff using available stock footage. The film title is a pun on the expression "fooling around." References External links 1949 films The Three Stooges films American black-and-white films Films set in Europe Films directed by Jules White 1949 comedy films Columbia Pictures short films American comedy films 1940s English-language films 1940s American films