The Big Noise

Sep 22, 1944

1h 14m

★ 6.0

DANGER! YOU'LL LAUGH YOURSELF TO DEATH!

Overview

During World War II Stan and Ollie find themselves as improbable bodyguards to an eccentric inventor and his strategically important new bomb.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

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Cast

Stan

Stan Laurel

Ollie

Oliver Hardy

Evelyn

Doris Merrick

Alva P. Hartley

Arthur Space

Mayme Charlton

Veda Ann Borg

Egbert Hartley

Robert Blake

Charlton

Frank Fenton

Hartman

James Bush

Digby

Harry Hayden

Dutch Glassman

Philip Van Zandt

Aunt Sophie

Esther Howard

Drunk on Train

Jack Norton

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4.8

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