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Habeas Corpus

  • 19281928
  • PassedPassed
  • 20m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
845
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Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel in Habeas Corpus (1928)
ShortComedy
Loony scientist (Carle) hires Laurel and Hardy to raid the cemetery to keep him supplied with dead bodies for his experiments.Loony scientist (Carle) hires Laurel and Hardy to raid the cemetery to keep him supplied with dead bodies for his experiments.Loony scientist (Carle) hires Laurel and Hardy to raid the cemetery to keep him supplied with dead bodies for his experiments.
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
845
YOUR RATING
    • James Parrott
    • Leo McCarey(supervising director)
    • Leo McCarey
    • H.M. Walker(titles)
  • Stars
    • Stan Laurel
    • Oliver Hardy
    • Richard Carle
    • James Parrott
    • Leo McCarey(supervising director)
    • Leo McCarey
    • H.M. Walker(titles)
  • Stars
    • Stan Laurel
    • Oliver Hardy
    • Richard Carle
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    • 24User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
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    Stan Laurel
    Stan Laurel
    • Stan
    Oliver Hardy
    Oliver Hardy
    • Ollie
    Richard Carle
    Richard Carle
    • Professor Padilla
    Charley Rogers
    Charley Rogers
    • Ledoux - the Butler
    • (as Charlie Rogers)
    Chester A. Bachman
    Chester A. Bachman
    • 2nd Policeman
    • (uncredited)
    Leo Sulky
    Leo Sulky
    • Detective On Telephone
    • (uncredited)
      • James Parrott
      • Leo McCarey(supervising director)
      • Leo McCarey
      • H.M. Walker(titles)
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    • Trivia
      The Vitaphone soundtrack with the original music and sound effects are no longer lost. Interestingly, one of the music pieces used is what we all know as the "Alfred Hitchcock theme"!
    • Goofs
      When the Professor drops his cigarette butt in his pocket he is suddenly wearing glasses for the first time in the film. When he pours water into his pocket a moment later the glasses are gone and never seen again.
    • Quotes

      Stan: Don't you think the Professor is a trifle cuckoo?

      Ollie: He is as sound mentally as you or I.

    • Alternate versions
      8mm cut down version under the name "High Spirits". Released by Fletcher Films (LH 12)
    • Connections
      Edited into Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's (1965)

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    7/10
    Not Burke and Hare
    Laurel and Hardy's earliest foray into Horror comedy is by no means their best,with a rather awkward opening scene with a mad doctor(Richard Carle,his only known appearance with L & H)which leads to the boys' attempted grave-robbing.There's plenty of opportunities for much comic panic here,some of which is very funny but is occasionally over-prolonged and a trifle predictable.The scenes in the graveyard recall the previous year's DO DETECTIVES THINK(1927)which didn't take up as much running time as it does here.It is sometimes thanks to Stan and Ollie's sheer and unparallelled comic brilliance that such potentially obvious gags are made fresh and inventive;for many years,a synchronised soundtrack with music and sound effects to accompany the film was thought to be lost,but has turned up in recent years and is now available on DVD.The only L&H silent now known to have lost it's music and effects recording is WE FAW DOWN,made several months after HABEAS CORPUS.
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    • Oct 27, 2005

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    • Release date
      • December 1, 1928 (United States)
      • United States
      • Official Site
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Culver City, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Hal Roach Studios
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    • 20 minutes
      • Black and White
      • Silent

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