Pardon Us

"The world has been waiting for THEIR FIRST FULL LENGTH TALKING PICTURE"

1931 1h 8m EN

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6.4

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★6.4TMDB · 96

Comedy

Synopsis

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It's Prohibition, and the boys wind up behind bars after Stan sells some of their home-brew beer to a policeman.

“The world has been waiting for THEIR FIRST FULL LENGTH TALKING PICTURE”

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Cast

Stan Laurel
Stan
Oliver Hardy
Ollie
June Marlowe
Warden's Daughter
Wilfred Lucas
Warden
James Finlayson
Schoolteacher
Walter Long
The Tiger
Tiny Sandford
Shields

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: James Parrott
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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Fun facts 🍿

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RUNTIME

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Tight 68-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 7

ERA

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95 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Editor Richard C. Currier shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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4 / 7

CAST

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Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy and June Marlowe carry the top of the cast.

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5 / 7

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The world has been waiting for THEIR FIRST FULL LENGTH TALKING PICTURE".

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6 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0022251 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 96 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

James Parrott directs. Richard C. Currier cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 68-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
295 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Editor Richard C. Currier shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
4Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy and June Marlowe carry the top of the cast.
5Marketing tagline: "The world has been waiting for THEIR FIRST FULL LENGTH TALKING PICTURE".
6IMDB entry: tt0022251 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 96 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
8Classified under 24 themes, including "smuggling (contraband)", "prohibition era", "plantation", "riot".
9Released under 36 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Editing: Richard C. Currier
Runtime: 68 min · 1h 8m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: Pardon Us (1931)

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What people are saying

talisencrw2016-06-29
★ 9/10
This 'prison'-focused full-length film--the first by Laurel and Hardy--was a ton of laughs, as they bring their unique brand of hijinks to such aspects as a hilarious loose tooth of Stan's causing him to make the worst possible sounds at the most inopportune times, and walking-on-eggshell relations with their cellmate, the infamous 'Tiger'. Very good and consistently re-watchable--even if it pales in comparison with their later movies.

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