Pardon Us

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Two guys end up in prison after attempting to sell beer to a policeman during Prohibition.Two guys end up in prison after attempting to sell beer to a policeman during Prohibition.Two guys end up in prison after attempting to sell beer to a policeman during Prohibition.

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Stan Laurel

Stan Laurel

Oliver Hardy

Oliver Hardy

June Marlowe

Warden's Daughter

Wilfred Lucas

Warden

James Finlayson

Schoolteacher

Walter Long

The Tiger

Tiny Sandford

Shields - Prison Guard
(as Stanley J. Sanford)

Frank Austin

Prisoner with Sore Tooth
(uncredited)

Chester A. Bachman

Insurgent Convict
(uncredited)

Eddie Baker

Plantation Boss
(uncredited)

Belle

Bloodhound
(uncredited)

Harry Bernard

Desk Sergeant
(uncredited)

Phil Bloom

Convict
(uncredited)

Bobby Burns

Dental Patient
(uncredited)

Baldwin Cooke

Insurgent Convict
(uncredited)

Al Corporal

Singer in chorus
(uncredited)

Charles Dorety

Insurgent Convict
(uncredited)

Gordon Douglas

Typist
(uncredited)

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Trivia
Four foreign language versions were also shot: Pardon Us (1931) (French), Hinter Schloss und Riegel (1931) (German), Pardon Us (1931) (Italian) and Los presidiarios (1931) or "De Bote en Bote" (Spanish) . Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy spoke their lines phonetically, and many supporting roles were recast, including Boris Karloff playing "The Tiger" in the French version.

Goofs
Stan has a loose tooth that "buzzes" after he speaks, unless he holds it down, but in the school room he is able to sing without it buzzing, despite not holding it in place.

Quotes
Schoolteacher: You spell "Needle!"
Oliver: [pause] N-E-I-D-L-E.
Schoolteacher: There is no "I" in needle!
Stanley: Then it's a rotten needle.

Alternate versions
"Whatta Stir" is an edited, abbreviated version of the feature recut for 50s TV.

Connections
Alternate-language version of Los presidiarios (1931)

Soundtracks
Lazy Moon
(1903) (uncredited)
Words and Music by Bob Cole and J. Rosamond Johnson
Performed by Oliver Hardy and the Hall Johnson Choir

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Laurel and Hardy's First Full-Length Feature

PARDON US, filmed in 1930 then edited down and released in 1931, is Laurel and Hardy's first feature-length comedy. In it, they are set to jail after Stan sells some illegal brew to a policeman ("Well, I couldn't help it-I thought he was a streetcar conductor!"). The whole film is pretty funny. There isn't much story, but a series of funny things that happen to the boys in jail. The finale has Stan and Ollie foiling a jailbreak. Highlights of the film include a great "welcoming" scene with extremely tolerant warden Wilfred Lucas, Laurel and Hardy posing as African American sharecroppers (with Stan shoving entire plants of cotton into his bag while Hardy daintily picks each piece of cotton with care), and a hilarious schoolroom scene with teacher James Finlayson! Not up to the standard of SONS OF THE DESERT or WAY OUT WEST, but still very funny. Try and get the complete 65-minute version that was on video in the early 1980s.