The Midnight Patrol

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Laurel and Hardy patrol the streets as the city's newest cops. This can't possibly end well--except for the criminals who can now safely commit crime.Laurel and Hardy patrol the streets as the city's newest cops. This can't possibly end well--except for the criminals who can now safely commit crime.Laurel and Hardy patrol the streets as the city's newest cops. This can't possibly end well--except for the criminals who can now safely commit crime.

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7.0/10

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Stan Laurel

Officer Stanley Laurel

Oliver Hardy

Officer Oliver Hardy

Harry Bernard

Jail Visitor
(uncredited)

Billy Bletcher

Radio Dispatcher
(voice)
(uncredited)

Frank Brownlee

Police Chief Ramsbottom
(uncredited)

Al Corporal

Butler
(uncredited)

Edgar Dearing

Policeman
(uncredited)

Eddie Dunn

Police Sergeant
(uncredited)

Charlie Hall

Tire Thief's Partner
(uncredited)

Bob Kortman

Tire Thief
(uncredited)

James C. Morton

Policeman
(uncredited)

Tiny Sandford

Policeman
(uncredited)

Frank Terry

Safecracker
(uncredited)

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Trivia
The title sequence of this short is filmed to look like a police car racing West at night on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, with siren blaring, and a windshield wiper 'erasing' each set of credits and 'sweeping in' the next. Along the route, mostly on the left (South) side of Wilshire, we see a Cut Rate drug store; a billboard (or perhaps a building logo) for Mullen & Bluett clothiers; a billboard ad for R&H Pilsner Beer. An apparent 'jump cut' puts us a few blocks farther West on Wilshire, where, again on the left, we see a movie theatre marquee (probably the Fox Ritz at 5214 Wilshire); a large, billboard-sized Coca-Cola sign in lights on the right; and in the distance, on the left, a rooftop lighted sign on the Myer Siegel building at 5410 Wilshire.

Goofs
Stan and Ollie argue about their last day off, but at the end of the film they claim it's their first day on the job.

Quotes
Car Dispatcher: Calling Car Thirteen.
Oliver: That's us.
Car Dispatcher: Calling Car One-Three.
Stanley: I thought he said Thirteen.
Oliver: Shut up.
Car Dispatcher: Look out, boys, somebody's stealing your spare tire. That is all.

Alternate versions
There is also a colorized version.

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Featured review

7/10

The comedy duo is back on track...

With the 1933 comedy short film "The Midnight Patrol", Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy returns to form. And it was so great to see them return to the formula that worked and that they do so well.

The storyline in "The Midnight Patrol" is pretty straight forward and has some great comedy moments to it. I had some good laughs throughout the 20 minutes that the short film ran for.

Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy shows that they do witty banter and physical slapstick comedy so well, and it was a joy to have the duo back on this particular track after a handful of not so funny movies.

"The Midnight Patrol" is a classic, no doubt about it. And if you enjoy comedy, then you should definitely take the time to sit down and watch this 1933 short film, if you haven't already done so.

My rating of "The Midnight Patrol" lands on a seven out of ten stars.