Star Spangled Salesman

Star Spangled Salesman
Screenshot showing The Three Stooges
Directed by	Norman Maurer Wingate Smith
Written by	Bruce Howard
Produced by	Norman Maurer
Starring	Carl Reiner Carol Burnett Milton Berle Howard Morris Moe Howard Larry Fine Joe DeRita John Banner Werner Klemperer Rafer Johnson Tim Conway Harry Morgan Jack Webb
Cinematography	Emil Oster
Edited by	Harold F. Kress Tom Patchett
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	February 9, 1968 (1968-02-09)(U.S.)
Running time	20 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Star Spangled Salesman is a 1968 American short promotional film directed by Norman Maurer and Wingate Smith, starring celebrities including Carl Reiner, Carol Burnett, Milton Berle and The Three Stooges. It was written by Bruce Howard and produced by the U.S. Department of the Treasury to promote the sale of U.S. Savings Bonds. It was distributed by Columbia Pictures.

Premise

Howard Morris, ^[1] as a fictional version of himself, is assigned to get his showbiz colleagues interested in enrolling in a payroll plan that is tied to the purchase of savings bonds.

Cast

• Carl Reiner as himself
• Carol Burnett as Miss Grebs
• Milton Berle as studio president ^[2]
• Howard Morris as himself
• Joe DeRita as Curly Joe (as The Three Stooges)
• Larry Fine as Larry (as The Three Stooges)
• Moe Howard as Moe (as The Three Stooges)
• John Banner as chef
• Werner Klemperer as chef's boss
• Rafer Johnson as telephone repairman
• Tim Conway as telephone repairman
• Harry Morgan as TV cop
• Jack Webb as security man

• Alexandra Hay as blonde girl (uncredited)

See also

• List of American films of 1968

References

1. Lenburg, Maurer & Lenburg 2012, p. 267.
2. Lenburg, Maurer & Lenburg 2012, p. 324.

Bibliography

• Lenburg, Jeff; Maurer, Joan Howard; Lenburg, Greg (2012). The Three Stooges Scrapbook (Updated ed.). Chicago: Chicago Review Press. ISBN   978-1613740743.

External links

• Star Spangled Salesman at IMDb