Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are the most famous comedy duo in history, and deservedly so, so I am happy to see any of their films. The newspapers are reporting forty-two recent burglaries in the neighbourhood, and Officer Kennedy (Edgar Kennedy) seems like the only one to blame. To try and get his reputation back, Kennedy finds Stan and Ollie, sleeping on a bench, and makes them a proposition to let them off if they rob the house of the Police Chief (Anders Randolf), and he saves the day. So Stan and Ollie join Kennedy at the Chief's house and have problems knocking things over, climbing over the wall, pretending to be cats meowing loudly, getting through the window and door, knocking Kennedy out with a brick, and eventually getting to stealing valuable stuff. While they are doing all this, of course the Chief can hear a lot of noises, and the butler Meadows (James Finlayson) is the one who is getting most annoyed with having to deal with it. In the end, Stan and Ollie are caught robbing, and the Chief realises Kennedy (after waking up) was involved in this attempted burglary, and the boys run away from approaching police sirens. Filled with good slapstick and all classic comedy you want from a black and white film, it is an enjoyable film. Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy were number 7 on The Comedians' Comedian. Worth watching!
Review of Night Owls
