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The Flying Deuces (1939)

NR11/03/1939Comedy, War1h 9m
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They dish out the dizziest rib-ride of the year!

Overview

Ollie falls in love with a woman. When he discovers she's already married, he unsuccessfully attempts suicide but he and Stan then decide to join the Foreign Legion to get away from their troubles. When they’re arrested for soon trying to desert the Legion—they escape a firing squad by stealing an aircraft.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Stan Laurel

    Stan

  2. Cast 1

    Oliver Hardy

    Ollie

  3. Cast 1

    Jean Parker

    Georgette

  4. Cast 1

    Reginald Gardiner

    Francois

  5. Cast 1

    Charles Middleton

    Commandant

  6. Cast 1

    Jean Del Val

    Sergeant

  7. Cast 1

    Crane Whitley

    Corporal

  8. Cast 1

    James Finlayson

    Jailor

  9. Cast 1

    Monica Bannister

    Georgette's Girl Friend

I'd have to say that this is one of my favourite outings for Stan and Ollie - but like most of the slapstick comedy of the 30s, it has not aged at all well. Ollie has fallen for a young French woman, but she has eyes on a refined, posh, Captain and so he is rejected! In the depths of despair, he considers (joint) suicide in the Seine (inhabited by a deadly killer shark) before alighting on a cunning plan to join the Foreign Legion, thereby assured of certain death.... well, hmmm - not quite: instead they end up in charge of the largest mountain of laundry since the Ark landed on Mount Ararat a...

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