Do Detectives Think?
- 1927
- 19m
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6.8/10
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An escaped convict is out to kill the judge who sentenced him. Two inept detectives are hired to guard the judge.An escaped convict is out to kill the judge who sentenced him. Two inept detectives are hired to guard the judge.An escaped convict is out to kill the judge who sentenced him. Two inept detectives are hired to guard the judge.
Chester A. Bachman
- Officer
- (uncredited)
Wilson Benge
- Butler attacked by Slasher
- (uncredited)
Ed Brandenburg
- Courtroom spectator
- (uncredited)
Frank Brownlee
- Detective agency boss
- (uncredited)
James Finlayson
- Judge Foozle
- (uncredited)
Viola Richard
- Mrs. Foozle
- (uncredited)
Will Stanton
- Killer's pal
- (uncredited)
Charley Young
- Juror
- (uncredited)
Noah Young
- The Tipton Slasher
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaThis was the first film in which Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy wore what were to become their trademark derbies and customary suits.
- GoofsWhen Ollie loses his hat in the cemetery, there are two hats lying on the ground before Stan loses his.
- Quotes
Title Card: Judge Foozle had charged the jury - - He always charged everything -...
- Alternate versionsThere is an Italian edition of this film on DVD, distributed by DNA srl, "STANLIO E OLLIO - COMICHE INDIMENTICABILI: The Second 100 Years + Call of the Cuckoo + Sugar Daddies + Do Detectives Think? (1927)" (4 Films on a single DVD), re-edited with the contribution of film historian Riccardo Cusin. This version is also available for streaming on some platforms.
- ConnectionsEdited into The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy (1967)
Featured review
Judge Not Lest Ye Be Judged.
This is one of their faster shorts. Finlayson is a judge who sentences a murderer to death. The murderer promises to escape and murder the judge. He escapes forthwith. In a panic, Finlayson calls the police and begs them to send their two smartest detectives. Laurel and Hardy show up, but not before the killer has managed to enter the house and pose as the butler.
Some of the gags were later used by other writers -- Finlayson hiding by lowering himself beneath the bathwater only to accidentally pull the plug with his toe. If it was, in fact, copped from this short, it's because it's pretty funny.
The straight narrative is interrupted by a graveyard scene that's as amusing as anything else.
Some of the gags were later used by other writers -- Finlayson hiding by lowering himself beneath the bathwater only to accidentally pull the plug with his toe. If it was, in fact, copped from this short, it's because it's pretty funny.
The straight narrative is interrupted by a graveyard scene that's as amusing as anything else.
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- Jan 17, 2013
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- Dick und Doof: Das Fleischermesser an der Gurgel
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- Runtime19 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
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