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Director:
James Parrott
Writer:
H.M. Walker (dialogue)
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Release Date:
15 August 1931 (USA) See more »
Genre:
Comedy | Crime | Drama | Musical See more »
Tagline:
The world has been waiting for THEIR FIRST FULL LENGTH TALKING PICTURE See more »
Plot:
It's Prohibition, and the boys wind up behind bars after Stan sells some of their home-brew beer to a policeman... See more » | Add synopsis »
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User Reviews:
not exactly perfect and too many lulls, but wow what fun! See more (18 total) »

Cast

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Stan Laurel ... Mr. Stanley Laurel

Oliver Hardy ... Oliver Norval Hardy
June Marlowe ... Warden's Daughter
Wilfred Lucas ... Warden
James Finlayson ... Schoolteacher
Walter Long ... The Tiger
Tiny Sandford ... Shields - Prison Guard (as Stanley J. Sanford)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Frank Austin ... Prisoner with Sore Tooth (uncredited)
Charles A. Bachman ... Insurgent Convict (uncredited)
Eddie Baker ... Plantation Boss (uncredited)
Belle ... Bloodhound (uncredited)
Harry Bernard ... Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Bobby Burns ... Dental Patient (uncredited)
Baldwin Cooke ... Insurgent Convict (uncredited)
Charles Dorety ... Insurgent Convict (uncredited)
Gordon Douglas ... Typist (uncredited)
Bobby Dunn ... Insurgent Convict (uncredited)
Eddie Dunn ... Insurgent Convict (uncredited)
The Etude Ethiopian Chorus ... Cotton Pickers (uncredited)
Otto Fries ... Dentist (uncredited)
Dick Gilbert ... Insurgent Convict (uncredited)
Charlie Hall ... Dental Assistant (uncredited)
Jack Herrick ... Insurgent Convict (uncredited)
Jack Hill ... Insurgent Convict (uncredited)
Frank Holliday ... Prison Guard in Classroom (uncredited)
Bob Kortman ... Prisoner - Tiger's Pal (uncredited)
Sam Lufkin ... Prison Guard (uncredited)
Jerry Mandy ... Prisoner Who Can't Add (uncredited)
George Miller ... Prison Guard (uncredited)
Gene Morgan ... Insurgent Convict (uncredited)
James Parrott ... Marching Prisoner Next to Hardy (uncredited)

Hal Roach ... Marching Prisoner in Front of Hardy (uncredited)
Charley Rogers ... Insurgent Convict (uncredited)
Will Stanton ... Insurgent Convict (uncredited)
Harry Thomas ... Prison Inmate (uncredited)
Guido Trento ... Minor Role (uncredited)
Blackie Whiteford ... Insurgent Convict (uncredited)
S.D. Wilcox ... Prison Guard (uncredited)
Leo Willis ... Prisoner - Tiger's Pal (uncredited)
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Directed by
James Parrott 
 
Writing credits
H.M. Walker (dialogue)

Stan Laurel  uncredited

Produced by
Hal Roach .... producer (uncredited)
 
Original Music by
Leroy Shield (uncredited)
 
Cinematography by
Jack Stevens (photographed by)
 
Film Editing by
Richard C. Currier (edited by) (as Richard Currier)
 
Art Department
Frank Durlauf .... set designer (uncredited)
Cedric Gibbons .... art director: main set only (uncredited)
 
Sound Department
Elmer Raguse .... recording engineer
Ralph Butler .... location sound recordist (uncredited)
John Harrison .... location sound recordist (uncredited)
John Whitaker .... sound mixer (uncredited)
 
Stunts
Joe Mole .... stunts (uncredited)
 
Music Department
Irving Berlin .... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Will Marion Cook .... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Louis De Francesco .... composer: stock music (uncredited)
M. Ewing .... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Marvin Hatley .... composer: theme music (uncredited)
Edward Kilenyi .... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Arthur J. Lamb .... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Abe Olman .... composer: stock music (uncredited)
H.W. Petrie .... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Freita Shaw .... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Leroy Shield .... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Frederic Van Norman .... composer: stock music (uncredited)
J.S. Zamecnik .... composer: stock music (uncredited)
 
Other crew
Hal Roach .... presenter
L.A. French .... purchasing agent (uncredited)
 
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Runtime:
56 min | USA:65 min (extended version)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.20 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System) (A Victor Recording)
Certification:
Finland:S | Spain:T | UK:U | Australia:G | USA:Passed (National Board of Review)
Filming Locations:
Hal Roach Studios - 8822 Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USASee more »
Company:
Hal Roach StudiosSee more »

Did You Know?

Trivia:
Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy spent a lot of time in jail. In addition to this film, they were jailbirds in The Second 100 Years (1927), The Hoose-Gow (1929) and The Flying Deuces (1939).See more »
Goofs:
Continuity: Stan has a loose tooth that "buzzes" after he speaks, unless he holds it down. But in the school room he is able to sing without it buzzing, despite not holding it in place.See more »
Quotes:
Stanley:[gesturing to an African American cellmate and an Asian cellmate] Look, Amos and Andy.See more »
Movie Connections:
References Our Gang (1922)See more »
Soundtrack:
Lazy MoonSee more »

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2 out of 3 people found the following review useful.
not exactly perfect and too many lulls, but wow what fun!, 21 February 2006
Author: planktonrules from Bradenton, Florida

This was Laurel and Hardy's first full-length movie, though it is admittedly a short full-length film. And, apart from a few somewhat slow moments (particularly in the very politically incorrect and portion where the team pose as Black sharecroppers) as well as a running gag that isn't funny (the tooth), it is great fun overall. Part of the reason it is so much fun is that their foil is Walter Long--one of the absolutely scariest looking bad guys in movie history! I loved him in this movie and he is just terrifying. Well, the boys being very stupid, find a way to get on Long's bad side and they know their days are numbered unless some miracle happens--and that's exactly what happens at the film's conclusion. I won't give away the details because I don't want to spoil the fun, but this is a wonderful little film--minus all the songs that seemed to be added as padding.

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