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Title: A bit gruelling at times, even for a fan.
Review: Bad start- horns honking, blaring rather. Some bad gags about fat. Finlayson wasted as a doctor in a dumb set piece featuring a prostrate Oliver. We have a wanted criminal threatening the boys with a gun, then follows the sad spectacle of their eating a meal of rubbish that was intended for the bad guy. Where is the grace and light that usually fills their films? The gentle saga of two innocents at the mercy of a harsh world? We have started here to witness the deterioration of the L&H opus, perhaps to be laid partly at the feet of director Gordon Douglas. But as they always had control of their own material, we must lay some of it before Stan and Ollie themselves. And it hurts! So, an okay comedy for those who demand little, maybe. Hard work for this lifelong fan, though, when there are so many other, far better L&H comedies available!
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