Air Raid Wardens (1943)

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1h 7min
Comedy
Apr 1943 (USA)
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Two bumblers, failures as businessmen and air raid wardens, stumble across a nest of Nazi saboteurs bent on blowing up the local magnesium plant.

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Edward Sedgwick

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	Stan Laurel	...	Stanley
	Oliver Hardy	...	Oliver Hardy
	Edgar Kennedy	...	Joe Bledsoe
	Jacqueline White	...	Peggy Parker
	Stephen McNally	...	Dan Madison (as Horace McNally)
	Nella Walker	...	Millicent Norton
	Donald Meek	...	Eustace Middling
	Henry O'Neill	...	Rittenhause
	Howard Freeman	...	J.P. Norton
	Paul Stanton	...	Captain Biddle
	Robert Emmett O'Connor	...	Charlie Beaugart (as Robert Emmet O'Connor)
	William Tannen	...	Joseph
	Russell Hicks	...	Major Scanlon
	Philip Van Zandt	...	Herman (as Phil Van Zandt)
	Frederick Worlock	...	Otto (as Frederic Worlock)
	Don Costello	...	Heydrich
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Sam Ash	...	Air Raid Warden (uncredited)
	King Baggot	...	Townsman at Meeting (uncredited)
	Brooks Benedict	...	Man at Civil Defense Meeting (uncredited)
	Chet Brandenburg	...	Townsman at Meeting (uncredited)
	Bobby Burns	...	Townsman in Gymnasium (uncredited)
	Martin Cichy	...	Moving Man (uncredited)
	Charles Coleman	...	Norton's Butler (uncredited)
	Jules Cowles	...	Barber Shop Patron (uncredited)
	Daisy	...	The Dog (uncredited)
	Bess Flowers	...	Townswoman at Meeting (uncredited)
	Dick Gordon	...	Townsman at Meeting (uncredited)
	Paul Gustine	...	Townsman at Meeting (uncredited)
	Mahlon Hamilton	...	Townsman at Meeting (uncredited)
	Edward Hearn	...	Plant Watchman (uncredited)
	Betty Jaynes	...	Waitress (uncredited)
	May McAvoy	...	Townswoman at Meeting (uncredited)
	Frank McLure	...	Townsman at Civil Defense Headquarters (uncredited)
	Howard M. Mitchell	...	Huxton Police Officer at 5th and Elm (uncredited)
	Bert Moorhouse	...	Air Raid Warden Recruit (uncredited)
	William H. O'Brien	...	Townsman at Meeting (uncredited)
	Lee Phelps	...	Moving Man (uncredited)
	Constance Purdy	...	Disturbed Sleeper (uncredited)
	Charles Regan	...	Air Raid Warden (uncredited)
	Jack Richardson	...	Townsman at Meeting (uncredited)
	Hal Taggart	...	Townsman at Meeting (uncredited)
	Forrest Taylor	...	Night Watchman (uncredited)
	Larry Wheat	...	Recruiter (uncredited)
	Joe Yule	...	Air Raid Warden Recruit (uncredited)

Directed by

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Edward Sedgwick

Written by

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Martin Rackin	...	(original screenplay) and
Jack Jevne	...	(original screenplay) and
Charley Rogers	...	(original screenplay) (as Charles Rogers) and
Harry Crane	...	(original screenplay)

Howard Dimsdale	...	(contributor to treatment) (uncredited)

William R. Lipman	...	(contributor to screenplay construction) (uncredited)

Produced by

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B.F. Zeidman

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Nathaniel Shilkret

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(musical score) (as Nat Shilkret)

Cinematography by

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Walter Lundin

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director of photography

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Cotton Warburton	...	film editor (as Irvine Warburton)
Frank Sullivan	...	(uncredited)

Art Direction by

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Cedric Gibbons

Set Decoration by

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Edwin B. Willis

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(set decorations)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Roland Asher

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assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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Harry McAfee	...	associate art director
Alfred E. Spencer	...	associate set decorator (as Alfred Spencer)

Sound Department

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Douglas Shearer	...	recording director
Thomas Edwards	...	production sound mixer (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Irene

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costume supervisor (uncredited)

Music Department

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Daniele Amfitheatrof	...	composer: stock music (uncredited)
John Leipold	...	orchestrator (uncredited)

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Production Companies

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (controlled by Loew's Incorporated) (presents)

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1943) (United States) (theatrical)
Regal Films (1943) (Canada) (theatrical) (as Regal Films, Ltd.)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1943) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1943) (Australia) (theatrical)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer A/B (1943) (Sweden) (theatrical)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1945) (Finland) (theatrical)
MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1993) (United States) (VHS)
Warner Home Video (2006) (Canada) (DVD)
Warner Home Video (2006) (United States) (DVD)
Warner Home Video (2006) (United States) (DVD) (on 'Classic Comedy Teams' Collection)
Warner Archive Collection (2008) (United States) (DVD) (dvdr)

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Plot Summary	Turned down when they try to enlist, the boys do the next best thing and become air raid wardens. They uncover and foil a Nazi plot to sabotage a magnesium plant. Written by Herman Seifer Plot Summary
Plot Keywords	nazi-spy air-raid-warden horse clydesdale-horse b-movie See All (121) »
Taglines	Their gayest film glorifies our home front heroes. See more »
Genres	Comedy
Parents Guide	Add content advisory for parents »
Certification	Australia:G Finland:S France:Tous publics Japan:G Norway:7 Sweden:Btl United Kingdom:U United States:Passed (National Board of Review) United States:Approved

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Also Known As	Laurel et Hardy chefs d'îlots (France) Dick & Doof: Schrecken aller Spione (Germany) Vigilantes del cielo (Spain) Bombenkerle (West Germany) Vigilantes aéreos (Mexico) See more »
Runtime	67 min
Official Sites	Official Site
Country	United States
Language	English German
Color	Black and White
Aspect Ratio	1.37 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix	Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Filming Locations	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA See more »

Did You Know?

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Trivia	Supposedly, Civil Defense representatives were present as advisors during the filming to ensure none of the gags in the movie would cast a negative light on the efficiency of their organization. See more »
Goofs	The car they were driving as they drove off the road and hit a tree toward the end of the film had no tires or steel bands on the wooden spoke wheels of the car. It would have been very difficult to actually drive a car in that configuration. See more »
Movie Connections	Edited into Myra Breckinridge (1970). See more »
Quotes	Oliver: [inside the open car trunk] This is a job for the detectives. Stanley: Maybe we should turn 'em over to the FHA. Oliver: Yeah. Shhh! [they get out of the car trunk] Stanley: This must be the hide-in. Oliver: Hide-out! Come on. See more »

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