Busy Bodies

Oct 7, 1933

0h 19m

★ 7.3

Overview

In this short film, Laurel and Hardy wage battle with inanimate objects, their co-workers, and the laws of physics during a routine work day at a sawmill.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Hal Roach Studios

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Busy Bodies Trailers

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Cast

Stan

Stan Laurel

Ollie

Oliver Hardy

Shoveler (uncredited)

Dick Gilbert

Shop Worker (uncredited)

Charlie Hall

Shop Worker (uncredited)

Jack Hill

Shop Foreman (uncredited)

Tiny Sandford

Shop Worker (uncredited)

Charley Young

An ordinary day - so an eventful one - of Tom Katt, a young man who works as a drugstore owner's assistant: his - very acrobatic - bike ride to his place of work; the - fanciful - way he performs his job; the - ingenious - subterfuge he finds to help his employer, who has money problems; the - swift - way he escapes the cops chasing him...

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