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The Flying Deuces
1939
Starring Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Jean Parker, Reginald Gardiner
Unrated
69 Minutes
Oliver is heartbroken when he finds that Georgette, the inkeeper's daughter he's fallen in love with, is already married to dashing Foreign Legion officer Francois. To forget her, he joins the Legion, taking Stanley with him. Their bumbling eventually gets them charged with desertion and sentenced to a firing squad. They manage to escape in a stolen airplane, but crash after a wild ride.
Rating:7/10
Comedic teams from the black and white era of films have their definitve movies. Bud Abbot and Lou Costello had Africa Screams. The Three Stooges have Disorder in the Court. Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy had The flying Deuces. The flying Deuces provide many laughs as Stan Laurel plays the dimwit to Oliver Hardy's straight man. They make quite a team. I love Stan's facial expressions as he gets confused and he takes his hat off and scratches his head. I aslo love it when he starts to cry when he gets in himself in trouble. That is funny stuff coming from a grown man as he is crying and the sounds are hilarious as well. The part were Hardy wants to kill himself by drowning and convincing Stan to do it because there will not be anyone there to take care of him, is hilarious. As a matter of fact, that whole scene was hilarious as the boys were ready to jump in and Stan keeps interupting with funny but pointless questions. The action sequences by the boys were done pretty well too. The ending was something I was not ready for. That was quite an unpredictable ending, something I didn't see coming. The rest of the cast was adequate, but nothing that really stood out. This was more of a Laurel and Hardy vehicle, which was very funny. Something nostalgic, something very enjoyable.
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