With the police hot on their trail, Stan and Ollie attempt to change clothes in their getaway car, only to find themselves struggling to balance atop the girders of an unfinished skyscraper. Will they return to ground level in one piece?
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Cast
| Stan Laurel | ... |
Stan
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| Oliver Hardy | ... |
Ollie
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| Tom Kennedy | ... |
Prison Guard
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| Sam Lufkin | ... |
Getaway Driver
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| James Finlayson | ... |
Store Keeper
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Jack Hill | ... |
Officer
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| Harry Bernard | ... |
Worker at Sea Food Dealer
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| Jean Harlow | ... |
Woman in Cab
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Ed Brandenburg | ... |
Cab Driver
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Directed by
| Leo McCarey | ||
Written by
| Leo McCarey | ... | (writer) |
| H.M. Walker | ... | (titles) |
Produced by
| Hal Roach | ... | producer |
Cinematography by
| George Stevens | ... | (photographed by) |
Editing by
| Richard C. Currier | ... | (as Richard Currier) |
| William H. Terhune | ||
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Lloyd French | ... | assistant director |
Art Department
| Ted Driscoll | ... | set dresser (as Theodore Driscoll) |
| Morey Lightfoot | ... | property master (as Morrie Lightfoot) |
Special Effects by
| Thomas Benton Roberts | ... | special effects supervisor |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Jack Roach | ... | camera operator |
| E.V. White | ... | assistant camera (uncredited) |
Music Department
| William Axt | ... | composer: stock music (uncredited) |
| Giuseppe Becce | ... | composer: stock music (uncredited) |
| Mayhew Lake | ... | composer: stock music (uncredited) |
| Josef A. Pasternack | ... | musical director (uncredited) |
| Alois Reiser | ... | assistant musical director (uncredited) |
| Domenico Savino | ... | composer: stock music (uncredited) |
| Max Winkler | ... | composer: stock music (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
| Lloyd French | ... | director: re-takes |
| James W. Horne | ... | director: re-takes |
Production Companies
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- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1929) (United States) (theatrical)
- Jury Metro-Goldwyn (1929) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Regal Films (1929) (Canada) (theatrical) (as Regal Films, Ltd.)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1929) (Australia) (theatrical)
- Film AB Le Mat-Metro-Goldwyn (1929) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Imperial Film AB (1973) (Sweden) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Yleisradio (YLE) (1976) (Finland) (tv)
- Kino Video (1998) (United States) (VHS)
- Virgin Video (1989) (United Kingdom) (video)
- Image Entertainment (2002) (United States) (DVD)
- PolyGram Video (1995) (United Kingdom) (video)
- Distribuidora Internacional de Filmes (DIF) (Brazil) (VHS) (on "Festival O Gordo e o Magro")
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Storyline
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Two escaped convicts (Laurel & Hardy) change clothes in the getaway car, but wind up wearing each other's pants. The rest of the film involves their trying to exchange pants, in alleys, in cabs and finally high above the street on the girders of a construction site.
Written by Herman Seifer |
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| Taglines | A Sound Comedy That'll "Tie You in a Knot" (Print Ad- Providence News, ((Providence RI)) 13 April 1929) See more » |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | In an attempt to assure Stan Laurel that the safety platforms erected around the girder set were safe, Oliver Hardy leapt down from the wooden girders onto one. Unfortunately, they weren't safe. Hardy crashed right through the safety platform, fortunately falling only 20 feet into a safety net erected as a backup. See more » |
| Goofs | The rope attached to the girder is at first looped around it but in the next shot it's just draped over it. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Edited into Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's (1965). See more » |