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6.9/10   165 votes
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Director:
Fred Guiol
Writers:
Hal Roach (writer)
H.M. Walker (titles)
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Release Date:
20 November 1927 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Short more
Plot:
An escaped convict is out to kill the judge who sentenced him. Two inept detectives are hired to guard the judge. more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Just another Laurel & Hardy more (6 total)

Cast

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Stan Laurel ... Ferdinand Finkleberry

Oliver Hardy ... Sherlock Pinkham
James Finlayson ... Judge Foozle
Noah Young ... The Tipton Slasher
Viola Richard ... Mrs. Foozle
Frank Brownlee ... Detective agency boss
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Charles A. Bachman ... Officer
Will Stanton ... Killer's pal
Charley Young ... Juror
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
USA:19 min
Country:
USA
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Silent
Certification:
Australia:G | Germany:6 | UK:U
Company:
Hal Roach Studios more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
This was the first film in which Laurel and Hardy wore what were to become their trademark derbies. more
Movie Connections:
Edited into The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy (1968) more

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1 out of 1 people found the following comment useful.
Just another Laurel & Hardy, 24 January 2004
6/10
Author: rbverhoef (rbverhoef@hotmail.com) from The Hague, Netherlands

In this Laurel & Hardy short we see the two as the worst detectives in the world. They have to protect a judge who put a man in prison. The man has escaped and he has sworn to kill the judge.

If you like Laurel & Hardy there is no reason not to like this one, but if you need their movies to be a little interesting to like them then I should watch another Laurel & Hardy short. It is not bad, but there are no real great laughs. There is one sequence with Laurel on a cemetery that is pretty good. Still, they have done a lot better.

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