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Sailors, Beware!
Theatrical poster
Directed byFred Guiol
Hal Yates
Written byHal Roach
H.M. Walker (titles)
Produced byHal Roach
StarringStan Laurel
Oliver Hardy
Distributed byPathé Exchange
Release date
  • September 25, 1927 (1927-09-25)
Running time19' 51"
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent film
English intertitles
Budget
Alternative Poster

Sailors, Beware! is a silent comedy short film starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy prior to their official billing as the duo Laurel and Hardy. The team appeared in a total of 107 films between 1921 and 1951.

Plot

An upstanding taxi driver unknowingly picks up a woman and her "little person" accomplice, disguised as a baby, who are revealed to be criminals. Upon their departure without payment and leaving the meter running, the driver, Stan, pursues them onto a cruise ship where he uncovers their nefarious activities.

The tough Captain Bull is not pleased with the cabbie's presence, and growls that Chester can either work his way across or be murdered. Chester is put under the supervision of Purser Cryder(Hardy), who usually ends up taking the blame for the Cabbie's incompetance.

Chester suspects something is peculiar about the "Baby" when it cleans him out in a dice game. He angrily throws the "Baby" down a smokestack. Ordered to give the dirty "Baby" a bath, it is revealed to have a grown man's hairy chest. Knowing the jig is up, the "Baby" takes a measure of revenge by beating up Purser Cryder.

Cast

References

  1. "Laurel and Hardy in Sugar Daddies". Archived from the original on September 20, 2011. Retrieved August 13, 2012.

External links

Laurel and Hardy filmography
Short films
Silent
Talking
Feature films
Related
Films directed by Fred Guiol


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