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That Nazty Nuisance
That Nazty Nuisance
Directed by	Glenn Tryon
Written by	Earle Snell (original screenplay) &; Clarence Marks (original screenplay)
Produced by	Glenn Tryon
Starring	See below
Cinematography	Robert Pittack
Edited by	Bert Jordan
Music by	Edward Ward
Release date	May 28, 1943;
Running time	43 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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That Nazty Nuisance is a 1943 American featurette that was one of Hal Roach's Streamliners and directed by Glenn Tryon. The film is also known as Double Crossed Fool (international TV title) and The Last Three. It is a sequel to The Devil with Hitler.

Plot

Germany's Führer Adolf Hitler embarks on a secret journey to the oriental country of Norom to negotiate a treaty with the blood-thirsty High Chief Paj Mub, mostly because Paj Mub insists on meeting Hitler personally instead of making relations through Hitler's emissary, Kapitän von Popoff. However, despite Hitler's insistence that they shouldn't be told and Goebbels' efforts to mislead them, his Axis partners Benito Mussolini of Italy and General Suki Yaki of Japan unsolicitedly appear at the submarine dock and invite themselves to the trip.

At the same time an American supply ship has just been sunk by a German U-boat, although the crew under their skipper, Captain Spense, escape in a lifeboat. They incidentally land on Norom, where they discover the High Chief's camp, and as Seaman Benson does some reconnaissance, he meets Kela, the young female assistant to an alcoholic magician, who tells him that her master was hired by Paj Mub for an exclusive performance in honor of Hitler's upcoming reception. Benson spontaneously hits upon the plan to impersonate the magician and sneaks into the camp, where Kela instructs him in the use of the magician's props. At the same time, Spense and the rest of his men witness Hitler arriving and disembarking at the island (although they do not recognize him from the distance), and decide to investigate.

Forewarned by Popoff not to displease the High Chief (lest they lose not only the treaty opportunity, but perhaps also their heads), Hitler and his partners meet Paj Mub, who invites them to dinner before he will sign the treaty. However, Benson does his best to ruin the meeting: first, by spiking the served soup with pepper (this results in Hitler and Suki Yaki finding it unpalatable, while Mussolini thinks it bland), then switching the guests' wine with kerosene. Benson as the magician is then brought in and demonstrates the magic trunk illusion, switching Kela for himself. The Paj Mub likes it and insists that one of the three Axis partners go into the box next. Hitler refuses on the grounds that he likes his appearance, and Mussolini begs off due to his girth, so Suki Yaki goes into the trunk. There, he accidentally gets knocked unconscious by Kela, who is trying to fend off an orang-utan who discovered the tunnel under the trunk. Because of this, the ape takes Kela's intended place in the trick, greatly amusing the Paj Mub. He agrees to sign the contract, but as "Suki Yaki" is supposed to sign before the High Chief, the ape squirts Hitler and Mussolini with ink, prompting Paj Mub to consider signing the treaty the next morning and sticking the ape in the same tent as his foreign guests for the night.

As the festivities take place, Spense and his men capture the submarine which brought the Axis leaders to Norom. While investigating the High Chief's camp soon afterwards, Spense runs into Benson, who reveals to him the presence of the three most important Axis leaders on this island. Carrying on his plan, Benson wakes Suki Yaki from his unconsciousness and, with the general's help, manages to convince Hitler and Mussolini that Paj Mub intends to betray them. After making it back to the submarine, Hitler demonstrates his gratitude to Benson by punching him off the vessel, but he is surreptitiously pulled out of the water by his crewmates, who keep themselves hidden from the Axis leaders as they enter the boat for the return journey.

As the submarine is underway, the radio operator receives a message that an Allied refugee ship was torpedoed and its passengers massacred, lifting Hitler's mood. Enraged, Benson attempts to teach Hitler a hard lesson, but Spense prevents him from doing so, citing the Geneva Convention's clause of prisoner of war treatment. Benson relents from employing force, but then locks Hitler's cabin door and falsely announces through the intercom that the submarine is sinking, sending the Axis leaders into hysterics for a while, before he cheerfully reveals the Americans' presence on the boat.

Popoff has in the meantime gone mad from Hitler's promise of getting shot for his supposed failure with Paj Mub. He smashes the sub's navigation instruments when he is left unattended, leaving the sailors blind in the sea. The sub runs aground, nose in the air, at the shore of a tropical island. Thinking that the sub is trapped underwater, the desperate Axis leaders decide to have themselves shot to the surface via the torpedo tubes. The film ends with Benson and Spense beholding Hitler, Suki Yaki and Mussolini being stuck headfirst in the island beach's sands, with their feet treading empty air.

Cast

Bobby Watson as Adolf Hitler^[1]
Joe Devlin as Benito Mussolini
Johnny Arthur as Suki Yaki
Frank Faylen as Seaman Benson
Emory Parnell as Capt. Spense
Jean Porter as Kela, the Magician's assistant
Ian Keith as Chief Paj Mub
Henry Victor as Kapitän von Popoff
Ed Lewis as Paj Mub's Guard
'King Kong' Kashey as Paj Mub's Guard #2
Rex Evans as Hermann Göring
Charley Rogers as Joseph Goebbels
Jiggs the Monkey as The Monkey
Wedgwood Nowell as Heinrich Himmler

References

^ Falk, Quentin (2003). Cinema's strangest moments: extraordinary but true tales from the history of film. Robson. p. 54. ISBN 1-86105-673-7.

External links

That Nazty Nuisance at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
That Nazty Nuisance at IMDb
Nazty Nuisance is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive

[1] Falk, Quentin (2003). Cinema's strangest moments: extraordinary but true tales from the history of film. Robson. p. 54. ISBN 1-86105-673-7.

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+}}'''''That Nazty Nuisance''''' is a 1943 American [[featurette]] that was one of [[Hal Roach's Streamliners]] and directed by [[Glenn Tryon]]. The film is also known as '''''Double Crossed Fool''''' (international TV title) and '''''The Last Three'''''. It is a sequel to ''[[The Devil with Hitler]]''.
-}}
-[[File:Frank Faylen-Jean Porter in Nazty Nuisance.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Frank Faylen]] and [[Jean Porter]] ]]
-'''''That Nazty Nuisance''''' is a 1943 American [[featurette]] that was one of [[Hal Roach's Streamliners]] and directed by [[Glenn Tryon]]. The film is also known as '''''Double Crossed Fool''''' (international TV title) and '''''The Last Three'''''. It is a sequel to ''[[The Devil with Hitler]].''
 == Plot ==
-Germany's [[Führer]] [[Adolf Hitler]] embarks on a secret journey to the oriental country of Norom to negotiate a treaty with the blood-thirsty High Chief Paj Mub, mostly because Paj Mub insists on meeting Hitler personally instead of making relations through Hitler's emissary, Kapitän von Popoff. Unfortunately, despite Hitler's insistence that they shouldn't be told and [[Joseph Goebbels|Goebbels']] efforts to mislead them, his Axis partners [[Benito Mussolini]] of Italy and General [[Sukiyaki|Suki Yaki]] of Japan unsolicitedly appear at the submarine dock and invite themselves to the trip.
+Germany's [[Führer]] [[Adolf Hitler]] embarks on a secret journey to the oriental country of Norom to negotiate a treaty with the blood-thirsty High Chief Paj Mub, mostly because Paj Mub insists on meeting Hitler personally instead of making relations through Hitler's emissary, Kapitän von Popoff. However, despite Hitler's insistence that they shouldn't be told and [[Joseph Goebbels|Goebbels']] efforts to mislead them, his Axis partners [[Benito Mussolini]] of Italy and General [[Sukiyaki|Suki Yaki]] of Japan unsolicitedly appear at the submarine dock and invite themselves to the trip.
-However, at the same time an American supply ship has just been sunk by a German U-boat, although the crew unter their skipper, Captain Spense, escapes in a lifeboat. They incidentally land on Norom, where they discover the High Chief's camp, and as Seaman Benson does some [[reconnaissance]], he meets Kela, the young female assistant to an alcoholic magician, who tells him that her master was hired by Paj Mub for an exclusive performance in honor of Hitler's upcoming reception. Benson spontaneuously hits upon the plan to impersonate the magician and sneaks into the camp, where Kela instructs him in the use of the magician's props. At the same time, Spense and the rest of his men witness Hitler arriving and disembarking at the island (although they do not recognize him from the distance), and decide to investigate.
+At the same time an American supply ship has just been sunk by a German U-boat, although the crew under their skipper, Captain Spense, escape in a lifeboat. They incidentally land on Norom, where they discover the High Chief's camp, and as Seaman Benson does some [[reconnaissance]], he meets Kela, the young female assistant to an alcoholic magician, who tells him that her master was hired by Paj Mub for an exclusive performance in honor of Hitler's upcoming reception. Benson spontaneously hits upon the plan to impersonate the magician and sneaks into the camp, where Kela instructs him in the use of the magician's props. At the same time, Spense and the rest of his men witness Hitler arriving and disembarking at the island (although they do not recognize him from the distance), and decide to investigate.
-Forewarned by Popoff not to displease the High Chief (lest they would surely not only lose the chance to this contract, but perhaps also their heads), Hitler and his partners meet Paj Mub, who invites them to dinner before he will sign the treaty. However, Benson does his best to ruin the meeting: first, by spiking the served soup with [[Black pepper|pepper]] (this results in Hitler and Suki Yaki finding it unpalatable, while Mussolini thinks it bland), then switching the guests' wine with [[kerosene]]. Benson as the magician is then brought in and demonstrates the magic trunk illusion, switching Kela for himself. The Paj Mub likes it and insists that one of the three Axis partners go into the box next. Hitler refuses on the grounds that he likes his appearance, and Mussolini begs off due to his girth, so Suki Yaki goes into the trunk. There, he accidentally gets knocked unconscious by Kela, who is trying to fend off a [[orang-utan]] who discovered the tunnel under the trunk. Because of this, the ape takes Kela's intended place in the trick, greatly amusing the Paj Mub. He agrees to sign the contract, but as "Suki Yaki" is supposed to sign before the High Chief, the ape squirts Hitler and Mussolini with ink, prompting Paj Mub to consider signing the treaty the next morning and sticking the ape in the same tent as his foreign guests for the night.
+Forewarned by Popoff not to displease the High Chief (lest they lose not only the treaty opportunity, but perhaps also their heads), Hitler and his partners meet Paj Mub, who invites them to dinner before he will sign the treaty. However, Benson does his best to ruin the meeting: first, by spiking the served soup with [[Black pepper|pepper]] (this results in Hitler and Suki Yaki finding it unpalatable, while Mussolini thinks it bland), then switching the guests' wine with [[kerosene]]. Benson as the magician is then brought in and demonstrates the magic trunk illusion, switching Kela for himself. The Paj Mub likes it and insists that one of the three Axis partners go into the box next. Hitler refuses on the grounds that he likes his appearance, and Mussolini begs off due to his girth, so Suki Yaki goes into the trunk. There, he accidentally gets knocked unconscious by Kela, who is trying to fend off an [[orang-utan]] who discovered the tunnel under the trunk. Because of this, the ape takes Kela's intended place in the trick, greatly amusing the Paj Mub. He agrees to sign the contract, but as "Suki Yaki" is supposed to sign before the High Chief, the ape squirts Hitler and Mussolini with ink, prompting Paj Mub to consider signing the treaty the next morning and sticking the ape in the same tent as his foreign guests for the night.
 As the festivities take place, Spense and his men capture the submarine which brought the Axis leaders to Norom. While investigating the High Chief's camp soon afterwards, Spense runs into Benson, who reveals to him the presence of the three most important Axis leaders on this island. Carrying on his plan, Benson wakes Suki Yaki from his unconsciousness and, with the general's help, manages to convince Hitler and Mussolini that Paj Mub intends to betray them. After making it back to the submarine, Hitler demonstrates his gratitude to Benson by punching him off the vessel, but he is surreptitiously pulled out of the water by his crewmates, who keep themselves hidden from the Axis leaders as they enter the boat for the return journey.
-As the submarine is underway, the radio operator receives a message that an Allied refugee ship was torpedoed and its passengers massacred, lifting Hitler's mood. Enraged, Benson attempts to teach Hitler a hard lesson, but Spense prevents him from doing so, citing the [[Geneva Convention (1929)|Geneva Convention]]'s clause of [[Prisoners of war|prisoner of war]] treatment. Benson relents from employing force, but then locks Hitler's cabin door and falsely announces through the [[intercom]] that the submarine is sinking, sending the Axis leaders into hysterics for a while, before he cheerfully reveals the Americans' presence on the boat.
+As the submarine is underway, the radio operator receives a message that an Allied refugee ship was torpedoed and its passengers massacred, lifting Hitler's mood. Enraged, Benson attempts to teach Hitler a hard lesson, but Spense prevents him from doing so, citing the [[Geneva Convention on Prisoners of War (1929)|Geneva Convention]]'s clause of [[Prisoners of war|prisoner of war]] treatment. Benson relents from employing force, but then locks Hitler's cabin door and falsely announces through the [[intercom]] that the submarine is sinking, sending the Axis leaders into hysterics for a while, before he cheerfully reveals the Americans' presence on the boat.
-However, Popoff has in the meantime gone mad from Hitler's promise of [[Firing squad|getting shot]] for his supposed failure with Paj Mub. He smashes the sub's navigation instruments when he is left unattended, leaving the sailors blind in the sea. The sub runs aground, nose in the air, at the shore of a tropical island. Thinking that the sub is trapped underwater, the desperate Axis leaders decide to have themselves shot to the surface via the [[torpedo tube]]s. The film ends with Benson and Spense beholding Hitler, Suki Yaki and Mussolini being stuck headfirst in the island beach's sands, with their feet treading empty air.
+Popoff has in the meantime gone mad from Hitler's promise of getting shot for his supposed failure with Paj Mub. He smashes the sub's navigation instruments when he is left unattended, leaving the sailors blind in the sea. The sub runs aground, nose in the air, at the shore of a tropical island. Thinking that the sub is trapped underwater, the desperate Axis leaders decide to have themselves shot to the surface via the [[torpedo tube]]s. The film ends with Benson and Spense beholding Hitler, Suki Yaki and Mussolini being stuck headfirst in the island beach's sands, with their feet treading empty air.
 == Cast ==
+[[File:Frank Faylen-Jean Porter in Nazty Nuisance.jpg|thumb|[[Frank Faylen]] and [[Jean Porter]]]]
 {{div col|colwidth=22em}}
-*[[Bobby Watson (actor)|Bobby Watson]] as [[Adolf Hitler]]<ref>{{cite book | title=Cinema's strangest moments: extraordinary but true tales from the history of film | first=Quentin | last=Falk | publisher=Robson | year=2003 | isbn=1-86105-673-7 | page=54}}</ref>
+* [[Bobby Watson (actor)|Bobby Watson]] as [[Adolf Hitler]]<ref>{{cite book | title=Cinema's strangest moments: extraordinary but true tales from the history of film | first=Quentin | last=Falk | publisher=Robson | year=2003 | isbn=1-86105-673-7 | page=54}}</ref>
-*[[Joe Devlin (actor)|Joe Devlin]] as [[Benito Mussolini]]
+* [[Joe Devlin (actor)|Joe Devlin]] as [[Benito Mussolini]]
-*[[Johnny Arthur]] as Suki Yaki
+* [[Johnny Arthur]] as Suki Yaki
-*[[Frank Faylen]] as Seaman Benson
+* [[Frank Faylen]] as Seaman Benson
-*[[Emory Parnell]] as Capt. Spense
+* [[Emory Parnell]] as Capt. Spense
-*[[Jean Porter]] as Kela, the Magician's assistant
+* [[Jean Porter]] as Kela, the Magician's assistant
-*[[Ian Keith]] as Chief Paj Mub
+* [[Ian Keith]] as Chief Paj Mub
-*[[Henry Victor]] as Kapitän von Popoff
+* [[Henry Victor]] as Kapitän von Popoff
-*[[Ed Lewis (actor)|Ed Lewis]] as Paj Mub's Guard
+* Ed Lewis as Paj Mub's Guard
-*[['King Kong' Kashey]] as Paj Mub's Guard #2
+* 'King Kong' Kashey as Paj Mub's Guard #2
-*[[Rex Evans]] as [[Hermann Göring]]
+* Rex Evans as [[Hermann Göring]]
-*[[Charley Rogers]] as [[Joseph Goebbels]]
+* [[Charley Rogers]] as [[Joseph Goebbels]]
-*[[Jiggs the Monkey]] as The Monkey
+* [[Jiggs the Monkey]] as The Monkey
-*[[Wedgwood Nowell]] as [[Heinrich Himmler]]
+* [[Wedgwood Nowell]] as [[Heinrich Himmler]]
 {{col div end}}
 ==References==
 {{reflist}}
-* {{cite book | title=The Devil on Screen: Feature Films Worldwide, 1913 through 2000 | first=Charles P. | last=Mitchell | publisher=McFarland | year=2002 | isbn=0-7864-1049-3 | pages=79–80 }}
+==Further reading==
+* {{cite book | title=The Devil on Screen: Feature Films Worldwide, 1913 through 2000 | first=Charles P. | last=Mitchell | publisher=McFarland | year=2002 | isbn=0-7864-1049-3 | pages=79–80}}
 == External links ==
-*{{AFI film|715|That Nazty Nuisance}}
+* {{AFI film|715|That Nazty Nuisance}}
-*{{IMDb title|0036423}}
+* {{IMDb title|0036423}}
-*{{Internet Archive film|id=the_last_three|name=Nazty Nuisance}}
+* {{Internet Archive film|id=the_last_three|name=Nazty Nuisance}}
 {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2012}}
+{{Glenn Tryon}}
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-[[Category:World War II films made in wartime]]
+[[Category:Cultural depictions of Adolf Hitler]]
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+[[Category:American comedy films]]
+[[Category:Films scored by Edward Ward (composer)]]
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