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Pardon Us

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NR,1hr 18min
Genres:
Comedy,Drama
Released:
August 15, 1931
Director:
James Parrott
Distributor:
MGM
Starring:
Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Walter Long  ...more
Synopsis: Two-reel comedy favorites Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy made their feature-film debut (excluding their guest appearances in Hollywood Revue of 1929 and Rogue Song) in the prison comedy Pardon Us. A spoof of MGM's The Big House, the story begins when erstwhile bootleggers Laurel and Hardy sell a bottle of beer to a Prohibition agent. Shipped off to the pen, our heroes are escorted to the cell occupied by "The Tiger" (Walter Long), the toughest con in the joint. The Tiger immediately becomes the boys' ... Full Synopsis
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Janiss Garza, AMG Review
Laurel and Hardy's first feature-length comedy was apparently meant to be a two-reeler, and was only expanded because of a dispute between producer Hal Roach and MGM. Roach wanted to use the actual set from The Big House for his parody and the studio agreed -- if Laurel and Hardy would do a film for them. Roach refused this condition (odd, since the duo had been loaned out before), and proceeded to ... Full Review
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Stan Laurel
Himself
Oliver Hardy
Himself
Walter Long
The Tiger, a wily convict
Wilfred Lucas
The Warden
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