In order to claim an inheritance, the boys present themselves at a creaky, bat-filled mansion on a stormy night.In order to claim an inheritance, the boys present themselves at a creaky, bat-filled mansion on a stormy night.In order to claim an inheritance, the boys present themselves at a creaky, bat-filled mansion on a stormy night.
Frank Austin
- Butler
- (uncredited)
Stanley Blystone
- Detective
- (uncredited)
Bobby Burns
- Nervous Relative at Window
- (uncredited)
Jack Rube Clifford
- Detective
- (uncredited)
Rosa Gore
- Old Relative
- (uncredited)
Dorothy Granger
- Young Relative
- (uncredited)
Charlie Hall
- Unknown
- (uncredited)
Dell Henderson
- Housekeeper
- (uncredited)
Fred Kelsey
- Chief of Detectives
- (uncredited)
Lon Poff
- Old Relative
- (uncredited)
Art Rowlands
- Theater-goer Relative
- (uncredited)
Tiny Sandford
- Policeman
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- H.M. Walker
- Oliver Hardy(uncredited)
- Stan Laurel(uncredited)
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- TriviaLike other early talkies, this film was reshot in other languages, with casts who spoke the language and Stan & Ollie learning their lines phonetically. In one of the foreign-language versions, the butler is played by Boris Karloff.
- GoofsAfter getting ready to go to bed, the boys drop the candle a few times, and it seemingly goes out. When they pick it up, it is lit again without them lighting it.
- Crazy creditsOpening credits prologue: Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy decided that they needed a rest - -
- They had been looking for work since 1921 -
- Alternate versionsThere is also a colorized version.
- ConnectionsAlternate-language version of Feu mon oncle (1930)
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The Old Dark House
The Boys read that the heirs of Ebenezer Laurel should present themselves at his mansion for a reading of the will. Naturally, Mr. Hardy sees riches in front of his eyes, which he will share with Mr. Hardy. However, there is no will. It's a set-up by the police, in the form of perpetual dumb cop Fred Kelsey to trap the old man's murderer.
It's pretty elaborate for Laurel and Hardy, with an immense cast; they were quite capable of making a great short with just the two of them, and Charlie Hall to fight. Because of that, the cast takes up too much time, with too little of the boys being scared out of their.... well, they never had much in the way of wits before.
It's pretty elaborate for Laurel and Hardy, with an immense cast; they were quite capable of making a great short with just the two of them, and Charlie Hall to fight. Because of that, the cast takes up too much time, with too little of the boys being scared out of their.... well, they never had much in the way of wits before.
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- Справа про вбивство Лорела-Гарді
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- Runtime30 minutes
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- 1.20 : 1
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By what name was The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case (1930) officially released in Canada in English?
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