Laurel and Hardy are witnesses against a murderer who promises at the trial that he will escape and tie their legs around their necks. He escapes. By the most improbable series of coincidences he winds up locked in a trunk belonging to a lady that the boys are trying to help. Laurel drills holes in the trunk for air. The bit penetrates the trunk and punctures Hardy on the other side, when it's not puncturing the trunk's inhabitant. They try melting the lock and set the murderer on fire, then put the fire out with a hose that almost drowns him.
It's one gag after another, with little in the way of complexity, and it's often very amusing. You can guess what shape Laurel and Hardy are left in, after the killer finishes with them.
It's one gag after another, with little in the way of complexity, and it's often very amusing. You can guess what shape Laurel and Hardy are left in, after the killer finishes with them.