Habeas Corpus

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Habeas Corpus (1928)

NR 12/01/1928 (US) Comedy 20m

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Loony scientist hires Laurel and Hardy to raid the cemetery to keep him supplied with dead bodies for his experiments.

Leo McCarey

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James Parrott

Director

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Stan Laurel

Stan
Oliver Hardy

Ollie
Richard Carle

Professor
Charley Rogers

Ledoux - the Butler (as Charlie Rogers)
Chester A. Bachman

2nd Policeman (uncredited)
Leo Sulky

Detective On Telephone (uncredited)

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Starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, Habeas Corpus is directed by James Parrott and photographed by Len Powers. Plot finds Stan and Ollie as a couple of drifters short of cash who agree to do a bit of grave robbing to earn themselves $500, courtesy of the mad professor Padilla (Richard Carle). But the cemetery at night is not a fun place to be...

Not so much Burke & Hare, more like Berk & Berk!

Not a prime short from the boys but lots to enjoy. The frenetic organ swirls as Stan & Ollie prat about down at the cemetery. After the tone is set via a fun esc... read the rest.

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